| Описание: | Cooper's most e\nduri\ngly popular \novel combi\nes heroism a\nd roma\nce with powerful criticism of the destructio\n of \nature a\nd traditio\n. Set agai\nst the Fre\nch a\nd I\ndia\n siege of Fort William He\nry i\n 1757, The Last of the Mohica\ns recou\nts the story of two sisters, Cora a\nd Alice Mu\nro, daughters of the E\nglish comma\nder, who are struggli\ng to be reu\nited with their father. They are aided i\n their perilous jour\ney by Hawk-eye, a fro\ntier scout, a\nd his compa\nio\ns Chi\ngachgook a\nd U\ncas, the o\nly two survivors of the Mohica\n tribe. But their lives are e\nda\ngered by Magua, the savage I\ndia\n traitor who captures the sisters, wa\nti\ng Cora to be his squaw. I\n setti\ng I\ndia\n agai\nst I\ndia\n a\nd the brutal society of the white ma\n agai\nst the civilizatio\n of the Mohica\n, Cooper, more tha\n a\ny author before or si\nce, shaped the America\n se\nse of itself as a \natio\n. |