![]() Alice and Cora travel with an evolving cast of characters, including British soldiers, Native scouts, and the famous frontiersman Natty Bumppo. ![]() ![]() The threat of violence hovers over the party from the opening pages. Set during the French and Indian War, the novel takes place mostly in upstate New York, and centers on the journey of Cora and Alice Munro, the daughters of British Colonel George Munro, who are traveling to the safety of Fort William Henry. Cooper is remembered particularly for The Leatherstocking Tales, a group of five novels following the life of frontiersman Natty Bumppo, of which The Last of the Mohicans is the second. One of the most popular and prolific American authors of the 19th century, Cooper's novels tackled themes that were of great concern in America's frontier expansion and the resulting conflicts between settler colonials and Indigenous peoples. Housed in a quarter-leather custom clamshell case. Book one with all points noted in BAL, book two with the copyright page in state B (no priority). Moderate foxing throughout, as is almost universal with unwashed copies of this book. Pages untrimmed (or varying sizes, as issued). All internal contents including end papers original. ![]() An attractive set in original drab paper covered boards (rebacked with new spine labels). ![]()
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