The Last of the Mohicans

James Fenimore Cooper’s novel of the French and Indian War in 1757, in which the scout Hawkeye and his Mohican friends Chingachgook and Uncas guide the two daughters of a British colonel through the forests of northern New York.

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Famous quotes

• I am on the hilltop and must go down into the valley; and when Uncas follows in my footsteps there will no longer be any of the blood of the Sagamores, for my boy is the last of the Mohicans.

  Chapter IIIIn context

  • Family
  • Life & Death

• It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!

  Chapter VIIIIn context

  • Life & Death
  • Morality

• History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness

  Chapter XVIIIIn context

  • History
  • Love

• Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!

  Chapter XXVIn context

  • Experience
  • Wisdom

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Chapter I
3. Chapter II
4. Chapter III
5. Chapter IV
6. Chapter V
7. Chapter VI
8. Chapter VII
9. Chapter VIII
10. Chapter IX
11. Chapter X
12. Chapter XI
13. Chapter XII
14. Chapter XIII
15. Chapter XIV
16. Chapter XV
17. Chapter XVI
18. Chapter XVII
19. Chapter XVIII
20. Chapter XIX
21. Chapter XX
22. Chapter XXI
23. Chapter XXII
24. Chapter XXIII
25. Chapter XXIV
26. Chapter XXV
27. Chapter XXVI
28. Chapter XXVII
29. Chapter XXVIII
30. Chapter XXIX
31. Chapter XXX
32. Chapter XXXI
33. Chapter XXXII
34. Chapter XXXIII