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A review by jdintr
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Preparing for a trip to upstate New York, I read this book for the scenery, and it didn't disappoint. It surrounds the reader with the scenery of the Catskills, at a time in North America when any place more than 20 miles from the coast or a major waterway was deep wilderness.
The thick woods, filled with the sounds of wildlife and signs of Indians, are what I'll remember from this book. The characters? Well, there are great male leads in Hawkeye, Uncas and Chingachook and a cruel villain in Magua. The girls never materialize, unfortunately--Alice spends most of the key moments in a swoon; Cora...well, I'll take Cooper's word about her because she doesn't do much.
In sum, this is a fun peek into American history, and early taste of the action hero genre, and a tense romp through a the lost wondrous forests of New York.
The thick woods, filled with the sounds of wildlife and signs of Indians, are what I'll remember from this book. The characters? Well, there are great male leads in Hawkeye, Uncas and Chingachook and a cruel villain in Magua. The girls never materialize, unfortunately--Alice spends most of the key moments in a swoon; Cora...well, I'll take Cooper's word about her because she doesn't do much.
In sum, this is a fun peek into American history, and early taste of the action hero genre, and a tense romp through a the lost wondrous forests of New York.