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France and Great Britain are waging a fierce war for the control of the North American colonies. Cora and Alice Munro are two sisters who travel through the forest to visit their father - Colonel Munro. Major Duncan Heyward and an Indian named Magua escort the two girls. However, unbeknownst to them, many dangers are lurking in the forest and stand reading to strike unsuspecting travellers.

James Fenimore Cooper wrote five "leather-stocking" tales. This is the second and most famous. It comes between The Deerslayer and The Pathfinder. Here the white frontiersman, Hawkeye (aka Natto Bumppo and Leather Stocking) is nobly matched with Uncas, the Indian of the title.

SEA STORIES tells the entire tale. You will find excerpts of some of the most famous nautical stories of all time. Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirate, at least and really a sailor!

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826) is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America using Native American allies. The novel is set primarily in the upper New York wilderness. Among a caravan guarding two women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, Major Duncan Heyward, and the Native Americans Chingachgook and Uncas, the former of whom is the novel's title character.

This is a story from the More Classic American Short Stories collection.

"The Last of the Mohicans" tells the story of Cora and Alice Munro, struggling to be reunited with their father, an English commander...

Here are eight stories from master American writers of the 19th century. They vary from sinister tales by Ambrose Bierce - why is that window boarded up? - and a reflective moment in the life of a woman without children, but forced to look after children, to classic short stories by O. Henry and Stephen Crane. There is even an elegiac description of an eclipse by James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans.

A story of a well-reputed crew who is faced with repelling the efforts of a group of pirates. Teamwork would win the day, and the narrative of the moment by moment skirmish makes for a delightful tale from a classic author. Narrated by Glenn Hascall.

Within this decade are writers of incredible ability who are able to fashion gem-like stories that astonish our ears and brains across many genres; a literary culture that seems to endlessly build and create new paths for the restless human imagination to tread.

Poslední Mohykán, nejznámější Cooperova kniha, napsaná před zhruba dvěma stovkami let, se vrací do doby, kdy se okolo Velkých jezer potulovaly poslední indiáni, původně osídlujících východní pobřeží Severní Ameriky. Samostatný díl slavné pentalogie o zálesákovi Kožené punčoše se odehrává v době bojů mezi Anglií a Francií na americkém kontinentu. Cooper zde líčí osudy dcer plukovníka Munroa, které se snaží dostat za svým otcem do pevnosti William Henry. Stanou se však zajatkyněmi indiána Maguy. Po jejich stopách se vydají zálesák Sokolí oko a dva Mohykáni – Čingačgúk a jeho syn Unkas, poslední svého rodu, aby obě dívky zachránili.

The Deerslayer is the first chronologically in James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales, following young frontiersman Natty Bumppo as he experiences his early adventures in the American wilderness. A classic tale of Native American relations, survival, and honor in pre-Revolutionary War America.

James Fenimore Cooper was America's first successful popular novelist. Son of the prominent federalist William Cooper, founder of the Cooperstown settlement, James was educated at Yale in preparation for a genteel life as a federalist gentleman. After his father's death in an 1809 duel, Cooper quickly squandered his inheritance, and at thirty was on the verge of bankruptcy. He turned to writing but his first book, Precaution (1820), was a failure.

L'ultimo dei Mohicani è un romanzo d'avventura scritto da James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) e pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1826. Fu il romanzo più letto al suo tempo ed è oggi considerato il suo romanzo migliore.La storia è ambientata nel 1757, nella “guerra dei sette anni” che vide i Francesi strumentalizzare, nella loro guerra contro gli Inglesi per il predominio in alcune colonie, alcune tribù dei nativi americani.

James Fenimore Cooper (1789 – 1851) schrieb mit der "Lederstrumpf"-Serie ungeheuer erfolgreiche Abenteuer-Romane. Die Geschichten von "Falkenauge" und "Chingachgook" fanden ein weltweites Publikum. Der vorliegende Teil 3, "Der Pfadfinder", liegt hier als gekürzte Version für ein jüngeres Publikum vor.

James Fenimore Cooper (1789 – 1851) schrieb mit der "Lederstrumpf"-Serie ungeheuer erfolgreiche Abenteuer-Romane. Die Geschichten von "Falkenauge" und "Chingachgook" fanden ein weltweites Publikum. Der vorliegende Teil 2, "Der letzte Mohikaner", liegt hier als gekürzte Version für ein jüngeres Publikum vor.

James Fenimore Cooper (1789 - 1851) schrieb mit der "Lederstrumpf"-Serie ungeheuer erfolgreiche Abenteuer-Romane. Die Geschichten von "Falkenauge" und "Chingachgook" fanden ein weltweites Publikum. Der vorliegende Teil 1, "Der Wildtöter", liegt hier als gekürzte Version für ein jüngeres Publikum vor.

"Der letzte Mohikaner" - ein Hörspiel von Kurt Vethake nach den weltbekannten "Lederstrumpf"-Geschichten von James Fenimore Cooper.

"Le dernier des Mohicans" (The last of the Mohicans) est un roman historique américain de James Fenimore Cooper, publié pour la première fois en janvier 1826. Le récit a pour théâtre l'Amérique du Nord, pendant la guerre de Sept Ans. Les affrontements entre Français et Anglais en forment la toile de fond. Cooper décrit notamment la bataille de Fort William Henry qui oppose, en juillet et août 1757, les troupes du général français Montcalm (et de ses alliés amérindiens) à celles du colonel britannique Monro.

Sommer 1757: Im Nordosten Amerikas kämpfen die Truppen der Briten und der Franzosen erbittert um die Vorherrschaft - in einer schier endlosen Wildnis aus Wäldern, Seen und reißenden Flüssen, wo noch die stolzen indianischen Völker beheimatet sind. Ein junger britischer Offizier versucht mit den Schwestern Alice und Cora zu deren Vater ins Fort William Henry zu gelangen.

Priklyuchencheskiy roman Dzheymsa Fenimora Kupera "Zveroboy " vhodit v ego znamenityy cikl iz pyati romanov, posvyashchennyh istorii kolonizacii Severnoy Ameriki. Tragicheskie sobytiya gibeli indeyskoy civilizacii sluzhat fonom, na kotorom razvorachivayutsya zahvatyvayushchie priklyucheniya ohotnika i sledopyta Natti Bampo, po prozvishchu Zveroboy. Chestnyy i skromnyy ohotnik, vyrosshiy sredi indeycev plemeni delavarov, zhivet odnoy zhizn'yu s prirodoy. Roman povestvuet o yunosti geroya, postepenno prevrashchayushchegosya iz ohotnika v hrabrogo i mudrogo voina. V osnove syuzheta lezhit istoriya Tomasa Hattera i ego docherey, zhivushchih v plavuchem domike na ozere.