Cooper's frontier adventure follows Hawkeye and his Mohican companions through the French and Indian War, creating the template for the American wilderness tale. The novel's racial politics are deeply problematic by modern standards, yet Cooper's portrayal of frontier violence and his eulogy for vanishing Indigenous cultures captures something genuine about American mythology's dark foundations. This is the novel that made the frontier feel like an epic. This American frontier classic explores the French and Indian War, Native American culture, and the violent birth of American identity.
 
 
 
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