Der berühmteste der Lederstrumpf-Romane, seit einem Jahrhundert zum ersten Mal neu übersetzt: Im Sommer 1757 kämpfen Briten und Franzosen erbittert um die Vorherrschaft im Nordosten Amerikas - einer endlosen Wildnis aus Wald, in der stolze Indianer-Völker leben. Ein britischer Offizier versucht mit den ungleichen Schwestern Alice und Cora zu deren Vater an die Front vorzudringen. Sie geraten in eine Falle, aus der sie nur Lederstrumpf und die Mohikaner befreien können. Cooper, der erste große Romancier der USA, begeisterte u.a. Goethe und Melville, Stevenson und Joseph Conrad, bevor seine Abenteuergeschichten Vorlagen für Hollywood-Western wurden. Der Mythos Amerika, grandios inszeniert als spannende Abenteuergeschichte - ein Stück Weltliteratur ist neu zu entdecken. - Das Nachwort und der ausführliche Anmerkungsteil erhellen die historischen Hintergründe.

Informationen zum Autor James Fenimore Cooper was born in 1789 in New Jersey, but later moved to Cooperstown in New York, where he lived most of his life. His novel The Last of the Mohicans was one of the most widely read novels in the 19th century and is generally considered to be his masterpiece. His novels have been adapted for stage, radio, TV and film. Klappentext HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Death and honour are thought to be the same, but today I have learned that sometimes they are not.' Set in frontier America in the midst of the French-Indian war, as the French are attempting to overthrow an English fort, Cooper's story follows Alice and Cora Munro, pioneer sisters who are trying to find their way back to their father, an English commander. Guided by an army major and Magua, an Indian from the Huron tribe, they soon meet Hawk-eye, a frontier scout and his Mohican Indian companions Chingachgook and Uncas. Magua is not all that he seems and the sisters are kidnapped. In The Last of the Mohicans, Cooper sets Indian tribe against Indian tribe and lays bare the brutality of the white man against the Mohicans. Zusammenfassung HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved! essential classics.

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James Fenimore Cooper was born in 1789 in New Jersey, but later moved to Cooperstown in New York, where he lived most of his life. His novel The Last of the Mohicans was one of the most widely read novels in the 19th century and is generally considered to be his masterpiece. His novels have been adapted for stage, radio, TV and film.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.

'Death and honour are thought to be the same, but today I have learned that sometimes they are not.'

Set in frontier America in the midst of the French-Indian war, as the French are attempting to overthrow an English fort, Cooper's story follows Alice and Cora Munro, pioneer sisters who are trying to find their way back to their father, an English commander. Guided by an army major and Magua, an Indian from the Huron tribe, they soon meet Hawk-eye, a frontier scout and his Mohican Indian companions Chingachgook and Uncas.

Magua is not all that he seems and the sisters are kidnapped. In The Last of the Mohicans, Cooper sets Indian tribe against Indian tribe and lays bare the brutality of the white man against the Mohicans.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.