SparkNotes: The Last of the Mohicans: Chapters III–IV The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper (See Important Quotations Explained ) Summary: Chapter III The narrator shifts the focus of attention from Magua and his party to another group of people in another part of the forest, a few miles west by the river. We meet the remaining primary characters: Hawkeye, a white hunter, and Chingachgook, his Mohican ally. Though both men are hunters, they dress differently. Hawkeye wears a hunting shirt, a skin cap, and buckskin leggings; he carries a knife, a pouch, and a horn. Chingachgook is almost naked and covered in war-paint. Both men carry weapons. Hawkeye carries a long rifle, and Chingachgook carries a short rifle and a tomahawk. They discuss the historical developments that have caused them to both inhabit the same forest. Hawkeye proclaims his inheritance of a genuine and enduring whiteness, and Chingachgook laments the demise of his tribe of Mohicans. Of the Mohican tribe, only Chingachgook and his son remain.

At this mention of the diminishing tribe, Chingachgook’s son Uncas appears and reports that he has been trailing the Maquas, the Iroquois enemies of the Mohicans. When the antlers of a deer appear in the distance, Hawkeye wants to shoot the animal, but then realizes that the noise of the rifle will draw the attention of the enemy. In the place of the long rifle, Uncas uses an arrow to kill the deer. Shortly thereafter, Chingachgook detects the sound of horses approaching. Summary: Chapter IV [T]he worst enemy I have on earth, and he is an Iroquois, daren’t deny that I am genuine white. (See Important Quotations Explained ) Heyward and his party encounter Hawkeye. When Hawkeye questions the group, Heyward and Gamut explain that their guide, Magua, has led them away from their desired destination. Hawkeye finds this explanation suspicious, because he does not believe that an Indian could be lost in the forest that is his home. He thinks his suspicions are justified when he learns that Magua is a Huron.

Hawkeye describes the Huron tribe as untrustworthy, unlike the Mohican or Delaware tribes. After learning that Heyward is the major of the 60th regiment of the king at Fort William Henry, Hawkeye considers punishing Magua for treachery. Though Hawkeye considers shooting Magua on the spot, so that the traitor will not accompany the party to Fort William Henry, Heyward opposes that violence. Instead of shooting Magua, Heyward approaches him while Chingachgook and Uncas surround him. So that Magua will not suspect the plot to capture him, Heyward engages Magua in conversation. As they talk, Magua discloses the name he prefers: Le Renard Subtil (The Subtle Fox). Magua feels suspicious of Heyward, but eventually he warms to him and agrees to sit and eat. Sounds in the forest make Magua agitated, and Heyward dismounts and makes a move to capture the guide. Magua cries out and darts away from Heyward just as Chingachgook and Uncas emerge from the thickets and give chase. Hawkeye, meanwhile, fires his rife toward the escaping Huron.

A Mingo is a Mingo, and God having made him so, neither the Mohawks nor any other tribe can alter him. The Last of the Mohicans Movie Review (1992) | Roger Ebert Tweet Much has been made about how authentic "The Last of the Mohicans" is, about how the cast learned wilderness survival skills and how every bow, arrow, canoe and moccasin was constructed according to the ancient ways. That's the kind of publicity Cecil B. DeMille used to churn out, as if he had created a brand new world from scratch, like God. Advertisement I am the first to confess I know little about how people really lived in the first decades of the European settlement of North America, but while I was watching "The Last of the Mohicans," I was haunted by memories of another movie -- " Black Robe " (1991), set in the earliest days of the French settlement of Quebec.

This was a long and depressing film by Bruce Beresford , who went to great pains to recreate the actual living conditions in North America at the time of his story: the architectural details of the Indian dwellings, their methods of hunting and food procurement, the way they used absolute cooperation and trust of each other as a weapon against the deadly climate. "Black Robe" did not involve me in its story, but its visual picture of life in those days has stayed with me. Watching "The Last of the Mohicans," I could not get it out of my mind. As the handsome frontiersman Hawkeye ( Daniel Day-Lewis ) decides whether to join the troops being raised by the British to fight the French, as he falls in love with the daughter of a British officer ( Madeleine Stowe in a fetching performance), as he sides with the Mohicans who have adopted him and they face the threat of the Huron tribe which opposes them, I was acutely conscious of the Saturday matinee traditions being exploited.

I was also aware that I was enjoying the movie more than "Black Robe." Michael Mann , who directed "The Last of the Mohicans," says that his first conscious movie memory was of the 1936 film version of the same story, starring Randolph Scott, and indeed Philip Dunne's screenplay for that movie is cited as a source for this one. Advertisement It is also inspired, of course, by the novel by James Fenimore Cooper , whose frontier fantasies were completely demolished in an hilarious essay by Mark Twain , who noted that whenever the plot required a twig to be stepped on, a Cooper character was able to find a twig and step on it, no matter what the difficulty. Mann's film is quite an improvement on Cooper's all but unreadable book, and a worthy successor to the Randolph Scott version. In Daniel Day-Lewis he has found the right actor to play Hawkeye, even though no other role ever played by Day-Lewis (" My Left Foot ", " A Room with a View ", " My Beautiful Laundrette " ") would remotely suggest that.

There are just enough historical and political details; the movie touches quickly on the fine points of British-French-Indian-settler conflicts, so that they can get on to the story we're really interested in, about the hero who wins the heart of the girl. "The Last of the Mohicans" is not as authentic and uncompromised as it claims to be -- more of a matinee fantasy than it wants to admit -- but it is probably more entertaining as a result. Advertisement The scenes of forest-fighting follow all the usual Hollywood rules: the hero rarely misses, and the villains rarely hit anyone needed later in the story. Remembering the sickening thuds of weapon against bone in "Black Robe," I realized I was looking at a sanitized entertainment, but I didn't care. I was also not much disturbed by the movie's pre-digested history (how many people, even after seeing this movie, could correctly report that the French and Indian Wars were not between the French and the Indians?).

We live in an age of pop images, in which these are the parts that get remembered: Hawkeye, a white man, adopted by Indians, standing between the two civilizations at a time when the Indians were richer and more powerful than the settlers; his decision to escort the British officer's daughter and her sister to the fort where their father awaits them; their adventures along the way, leading to death, bloodshed, and a stirring final shot of the couple gazing out toward the horizon -- toward all those millions of unspoiled square miles to be turned into shopping malls by the issue of their loins. Popular Blog Posts The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper. Search eText, Read Online, Study, Discuss. Some thoughts I just watched the movie. The movie was added in some love element to this American Romantic story. I think Hawkeye and Uncas are lots more enchanted by the natual and the earth they're stepping on than human affection. Their hearts are strong and full of brave, their spirit are pure and noble. In spite of the character, I see, through The Last of Mohicans, the inhumanity of the greediness and the cruelty of the war.

The last of the Mohicans should be Uncas, the one who is young and with hope, but only his father Chingachgook alive and became the last Mohicans in the end of the book. Sigh.. Every parts of the book encourage me to respect and treasure what I already have and I don't have. Everything we see, we feel is so beautiful that we should cherish them instead of perish. This is why I'm so moved by the book. Posted By Annebel at Mon 31 Jul 2006, 10:54 AM in The Last of the Mohicans || 0 Replies any input appreciated :) Hey, this book is amazing and the film is one of my favourites (despite a little over acting by Daniel Day Lewis under the waterfall). I am transforming this book into a screenplay for a new movie, one based in a moder day metropolis, the English and French represented as multinational buisness empires, the indians as street gangs and all the characters fitting into their respective places etc. Imagine the way that "Romeo Must Die" was taken from Romeo and Juliet, that sort of thing.

I would appreciate any useful insights into the text, constuctive comments or ideas as to how the transformation might develop. Please reply to this or contact me at the hotmail address above, thanks :D Posted By Michael at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in The Last of the Mohicans || 0 Replies No Subject By browsing through the reviews made on this particular J. F. Cooper novel, one gets the impression as if the critics making some of the comments have not actually read it very attentively, or just quickly brushed over it so as to fulfil their compulsory reading obligation set by the tutor. Hardly a starting point for making a worthy and valid comment. I first read The Last of the Mohicans when I was about 10, (although in Hungarian translation) and was so fascinated with it that I was simply compelled to go on and read all 5 books in the series. Though it certainly owes much to the romantic style it had been written in, as a young boy I was getting so fascinated with the characters and events depicted in the book by the writer, my imagination set off by the plot in such a fashion that no movie or TV dramatisation can come even close to.

It is true, I may be biased and may still be one of those few holding a view that nothing can replace a mind's eye, favouring rather the power of conception as opposed to some passive viewing in the flicks or in front of a TV set. The moral of this story and the other "Leatherstocking" novels runs deep in the frontiersman Natty Bumppo's frame of mind, his profound love of the wilderness and respect for all forms of life - be it a redskin or a whiteskin, an animal or a plant. Hardly have I come across a writer depicting nature, the wilderness, the indigenous people and much else with such warmth and fascination. An environmentalist well ahead of his own time?! Had more people read this book and taken heed of, perhaps a greater number of aboriginal people would be flourishing today instead of the few languishing as drunkards and misfits whose lives through generations have come undone in various indian reservations across the American continent. A final thought. I am yet to see a film - in any category - that eclipses the original literary work it was based on.

Posted By Alex at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in The Last of the Mohicans || 0 Replies Hero Nathaniel being viewed as an American Romantic Hero Posted By roxi at Sun 16 May 2004, 5:00 AM in The Last of the Mohicans || 1 Reply Last of the Mohicans It is truly an American Classic, made all the better because I first read it while living in Gilbertsville, NY deep in the Leatherstocking Region of Updtate New York. The writing style is typical of the period it was written and might be a bit of a struggle at first for the modern reader, but the story is timeless and exciting as any of today's action novels (as evidenced by how well the Movie did at the box office). A Must read for anyone looking for a good book. Posted By Tom at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in The Last of the Mohicans || 0 Replies No Subject I thought the book was excellent. I saw the movie first though and absolutely loved it, but after reading the book, I am very disappointed with the movie.

It was nothing like the book. In the movie the characters were not even similar to those in the book. The movie barely skimmed the surface of the intricate issues and relationships that are the very heart of the Cooper's novel. I know that not every piece of a novel can be transformed into a screenplay, but this was a very sad attempt. I still like the movie, but I feel they should have given it a different name, because it does not bring the justice deserved to the book, The Last of the Mohicans. Posted By Kate at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in The Last of the Mohicans || 0 Replies This was a fantastic book and movie i realy enjoyed them both I love anything to do with indians and their culture Thats why i have the nick name wolfie Thanks Mrs Sabrina Johnson Posted By Sabrina Johnson at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in The Last of the Mohicans || 0 Replies No Subject I hope that you guys have a book report about this novel so that everyone would be encouraged to read the novel or watch the movie.

Posted By Jessica at Sat 23 Nov 2002, 6:00 AM in The Last of the Mohicans || 3 Replies No Subject i was very excited to see this for the first time becasue i had heard so many good things about the book and about the movie. I was a little upset with the way the director changed things in the movie from the way they were in the book. Overall I would give the movie a very high rating. Posted By Rachel at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in The Last of the Mohicans || 0 Replies Movie is nothing compared to book I enjoyed both the book as well as the movie, but I personally found the book to be quite superior compared to the movie. Like others, I found the movie to be a sad attempt to copy the book. I was greatly disappointed when,after watching the movie, I read the book and found them to be a far cry from being anywhere close to the same thing. I would recommend reading the book first, especially since some people cannot read a book after seeing the movie based on it. I understand how people could find it to be a difficult read.

I started reading it about 2 or 3 times before I finally read all of it; and sadly, the only reason for my reading all of it was because I used it for a book report and HAD to read all of it. I definitely found it worth reading though! Posted By Dani at Tue 24 May 2005, 10:07 PM in The Last of the Mohicans || 8 Replies SparkNotes: The Last of the Mohicans: Context The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper Table of Contents Plot Overview James Fenimore Cooper was one of the first popular American novelists. Born in September 1789 in Burlington, New Jersey, Cooper grew up in Cooperstown, New York, a frontier settlement that he later dramatized in his novels. Cooper had a rambling and unpredictable early life. He attended Yale when he was only thirteen but was expelled for instigating a practical joke. His father forced him to join the Navy. Cooper began writing almost by accident.

When reading a popular English novel aloud to his wife one day, Cooper suddenly tossed the book aside and said, “I could write you a better book myself!” He lived up to his claim by writing Precaution in 1820 and The Spy, his first popular success, the following year. For the rest of his life, Cooper attracted a massive readership on both sides of the Atlantic, a following rivaled in size only by that of Sir Walter Scott. When he died in 1851, Cooper was one of the most famous writers in the world. After achieving success as a novelist, Cooper spent seven years living in Europe, during which time he wrote many of his most memorable stories. Cooper drew on his memories of his childhood on the American frontier, writing high-spirited, often sentimental adventure stories. These frontier romances feature his best-known character, the woodsman Natty Bumppo, also known as “Hawkeye” or “Leatherstocking.” This heroic scout was featured in five novels, known collectively as the Leatherstocking Tales: The Pioneers, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer, and, most famously, The Last of the Mohicans.

Written in 1826, The Last of the Mohicans takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War, when France and England battled for control of the American and Canadian colonies. During this war, the French often allied themselves with Native American tribes in order to gain an advantage over the English, with unpredictable and often tragic results. Descriptions of certain incidents in the novel, such as the massacre of the English soldiers by Huron Indians, embellish accounts of real historical events. Additionally, certain characters in the novel, General Montcalm in particular, are based on real individuals. Creating historically inspired stories was common in nineteenth-century adventure tales. In writing The Last of the Mohicans, Cooper followed the example of his contemporaries Sir Walter Scott and the French writer Alexandre Dumas, whose novel The Three Musketeers takes even greater liberties with historical events and characters than The Last of the Mohicans. Since his death, Cooper’s reputation has fluctuated wildly. Victor Hugo and D. H. Lawrence admired him, but Mark Twain considered him a national embarrassment. Twain wrote harsh, humorous criticism of Cooper’s stylistic excesses, inaccuracies, and sentimental scenes.

Even The Last of the Mohicans, widely considered Cooper’s best work, is an implausible story narrated in a fashion that can seem overwrought to modern readers. Cooper’s work remains important for its portrait of frontier life and its exploration of the traumatic encounters between races and cultures poised on opposite sides of a shrinking frontier. More Help The Last of the Mohicans - Essay - Fonta The Last of the Mohicans By: Fonta • Essay • 1,012 Words • January 30, 2010 • 685 Views Page 1 of 5 Join now to read essay The Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper wrote The Last of the Mohicans in 1826. The setting of the book took place in American during the last of the French and Indian wars in 1757. Montcalm, a French general, is planning to take over Fort William Henry from Colonel Munro, the British commander of the fort. Major Heyward was sent by the British general Webb to bring and protect Colonel Munro’s daughters, Alice and Cora, to the fort because they wanted to see their father.

They have Magua, an Indian scout, lead them to the fort and they meet Gamut, Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas. Magua is Hawkeye’s enemy; he escapes Hawkeye and the rest of the group gain the Indian’s trust. Hawkeye leads them to the fort and eventually the British surrender to the French which leads to Magua capturing Alice, Cora, and Gamut. Heyward and Hawkeye rescue Alice by tricking the Huron’s in their own camp. Cora’s rescue was a long chase then Cora was stabbed, Uncas kills her killer, and then Magua kills Uncas. Magua tries to escape by jumping a gap, but he doesn’t make it, he grabs a shrub, and Hawkeye shoots him with his rifle. One of the main characters in The Last of the Mohicans is Hawkeye. Hawkeye’s real name is Natty Bumppo. He is a woodsman, a hunter, and he is also a scout. He carries a rifle whose name is Killdeer. His nickname is La Longue Carabine which means the long rifle.

He is a white person with no Indian blood in him. He is friends with Chingachgook and Uncas who are Mohicans. His strength is his adaptability. His silent movements change throughout the story. In the beginning of the book he always wanted to shoot his rifle. He wanted to shoot the deer when he was with Chingachgook and Uncas before he met Heyward and the group. He shot at Magua when he escaped from him the first time. He also shot Gamut’s colt while they were going to the Mohican’s secret hideout because it was making too much noise. He also shot at Gamut a couple of times mistaking him for an Indian. Every time he shot his rifle he gave away their positions. He started using better techniques like the Indians. He disguised himself as a bear to help rescue Alice. Also, he used signals in the woods to find Magua and Cora. Hawkeye is a believable character because he proved it by following through with what he said he was going to do. He led Heyward and the group to Fort William Henry.

Also, when they needed more ammunition he had the group wait in the cave while he went with Chingachgook and Uncas down the river to get the supplies back that were stolen from the Iroquois. The group was captured and threatened by the Hurons, but they came back in time with ammunition and saved the group. Also, Hawkeye helps Heyward get Alice back and he tries to get Cora back, but she ends up getting stabbed by a Huron. The most important theme of the book is the unpredictable land which caused different groups of people to work together. Since the Indians knew the land so well, it caused the French and British to gain an alliance with them. Even though Magua is an Indian, he got Heyward and the group lost on the way to Fort William Henry. Heyward ended up meeting Hawkeye, Chingachgook, and Uncas who led them to the fort. Also, Uncas suggested going to the Mohican’s secret hideout when they were looking for a safe place to sleep overnight.

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this edition is indeed a "World Classic."--Paul Putt, Lee College "Introductory material and historical notes are helpful." --Dr. Judy L. Martin, Missouri Western State College --This text refers to the Paperback edition. See all Editorial Reviews NO_CONTENT_IN_FEATURE Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App . Ignite your imagination with these editor's picks from Kindle books. See more Product Details Publisher: Books on Tape, Inc. (March 1, 1994) ISBN-10: 0736626875 Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds ( View shipping rates and policies ) Average Customer Review: By Jim Hall on October 23, 2013 Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase Mark Twain had fun skewering James Fenimore Cooper and other Romantics (including Jane Austen, a fave of mine!), contending that his works were cliched and his writing style was verbose. Well, I have to agree. However, remember that this novel was published 50 years before "Tom Sawyer" and represents an older style of writing.

Also, part of the reason "The Last of the Mohicans" seems like a cliche is because it essentially invented the heroic frontier figure, and it has become a permanent part of American culture; wildly popular, the Leatherstocking tales were the "Star Wars" of their day. Yes, the plot is contrived in places, and yes, the characters -- especially the women -- are rather wooden. However, it is still a rollicking good yarn. I chose this Kindle edition because it has a companion Audible version, which is read very ably by Larry McKeever. It has the "Whispersync for Voice" capacity, where you can switch between reading and listening without losing your place. I mostly listened to it instead of reading it, as I'm currently devoting my commuting time to listening to "classic novels I should have read but didn't." I certainly liked the bargain price, and I enjoyed it, probably more than if I had just read it. By Christopher I. Lehrich on May 19, 2016 Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase You can love, hate, or be mildly curious about this novel. It's old-fashioned, long-winded, and, yes, rather racist.

By Cooper's lights, he was trying to say something positive about native peoples, but it doesn't come off that way now, on the whole. Still, the reason for the low number of stars has nothing to do with the novel. It's the edition. 1. "Illustrated." This means that, for the first 25 pages or so, random bad prints of Renaissance paintings have been inserted. They have nothing to do with the novel, and don't belong here. 2. Basic formatting: E-editions do tend to have problems with hyphenation and such, but this is something else. There are strange line-skips all over the place, lack of indents at the starts of some paragraphs, etc. 3. Altered text. Quite apart from a few missing paragraphs here and there, it's remarkable that they took this very long, convoluted volume and stripped out all the chapter breaks. There's not even a table of contents. It's just one long stream of prose. Cooper had his flaws, but at least he did know how to construct a chapter. 4. Major errors.

When you get 40% of the way in, the text suddenly skips back to the beginning of what in any real edition would be chapter 2. It's not just a paragraph out of place, either: I skimmed on several pages and never found it picking back up. Eventually I gave up and demanded a refund from Amazon. If you are interested in reading this book, DO NOT buy it in this edition. By Victor C. Krumm on December 13, 2014 Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase You know how the first computer was huge, slow and antiquated by today's standards but, nonetheless, one of the greatest inventions ever--thereby well deserved of a five star rating? In American literature, Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" occupies a similar lofty strata because it is perhaps the first great American novel that not only was internationally acclaimed by his contemporaries but remains one of the great American adventure novels nearly two centuries after its publication. lmagine for a moment, the momentousness of Cooper's achievement.

America was already 50 years old and, until "The Last of the Mohicans" came along (1826), there had never been a great truly, uniquely American novel. And, equally momentous, the next great American novels didn't appear for years: think Edgar Allan Poe (15 years), Melville ("Moby Dick") and Hawthorne ("The Scarlet Letter") (25 years). The story goes that Cooper was inspired to write by his wife who, after hearing him complain that he could write a better novel than one he had just read, challenged him to do so. She, the Muse, led he, the unhappy reader, to American literary immortality. Oh, did I forget to mention that it's a fun read? By Amazon Customer on December 19, 2014 Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase One of America's most beloved tails and a timeless classics, Last of the Mohicans intertwines action, adventure, love, drama, fiction and facts during the French and Indian wars so flawlessly it is impossible to separate one from the other, hence making it into a truly masterful tale! Cooper creates characters so interesting and alive, that they become the readers personal friends or enemies!

Cooper creates multiple plots that twist and turn with such overwhelming intensity, the reader cannot put the book down easily, and when possible to lay it down, it is always with regret and breathlessness. His detail is superb, creating vivid pictures and everlasting impressions of America's red skinned Warriors, colonist's and British Red Coats clashing against the blue coated French and sure footed Canadian aborigines. Loyalty,and love, treachery and deceit, courage and cunning, wisdom and faith, gains and losses, life and death. Cooper creates such reality in writing that one cannot but swear the book, and all its characters were living, breathing beings! By JeriWB on September 8, 2016 Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase I first read Cooper's novel in high school and found it exceedingly difficult to get through, but since I was obsessed with the Daniel Day-Lewis movie version that had just come out in theatres, I wanted to give the book a try. Granted, this is by no means a modern novel. As a literary form, the novel was still in its infancy when Cooper wrote his book. Now coming back to it years later, I can better appreciate how much the narrative does achieve.

It's a great adventure story at heart, but also a story that looks at the gaps between cultures and how various people manage. For its time, Cooper's book achieved quite a lot and set a higher standard for novels that followed. The Last of the Mohicans (1992) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Last of the Mohicans ( 1992 ) R | Three trappers protect a British Colonel's daughters in the midst of the French and Indian War.

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Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud Edit Storyline The last members of a dying Native American tribe, the Mohicans -- Uncas, his father Chingachgook, and his adopted half-white brother Hawkeye -- live in peace alongside British colonists. But when the daughters of a British colonel are kidnapped by a traitorous scout, Hawkeye and Uncas must rescue them in the crossfire of a gruesome military conflict of which they wanted no part: the French and Indian War. Written by Jwelch5742 Rated R for violence | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 25 September 1992 (USA) See more » Also Known As: El último de los mohicanos See more » Filming Locations: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby (35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Michael Mann has said watching The Last of the Mohicans (1936) when he was young was his inspiration for the film. See more » Goofs Gray rock-textured canvas, presumably covering modern trail signs or graffiti, is clearly visible in final scenes.

Hawkeye bumps a canvas while running through underpass, and a larger portion is visible as he returns to embrace Cora after Magua's death. See more » Quotes [first lines] Title Card: 1757 / The American colonies. / It is the 3rd year of the war between England and France for the possession of the continent. / Three men, the last of a vanishing people, are on the frontier west of the Hudson River. Will make you forget that wimpy TV Hawkeye. 24 November 2003 | by jckruize (North Hemis) – See all my reviews Policier specialist Michael Mann steps way off his usual beaten path with this adaptation of that hoary old James Fenimore Cooper tale of frontiersmen, Indians, Redcoats and the French -- the latter back when they knew how to fight. Chameleonic actor Daniel Day Lewis is totally convincing as Hawkeye, tracker, warrior, and adopted white son of Chingagchook, last of the Mohicans tribe.

Along with adoptive brother, Uncas, the three are swept into the French and Indian war of 1757, treading lightly between the antagonists: French and Hurons on one side, British and colonials on the other, each faction potentially treacherous and deadly. Mann doesn't waste time on exposition or character development; he just hurls us into the fast-paced, brutal action and the effect is like snagging the tail of a galloping racehorse and trying to hang on to the finish line. Madeline Stowe and Jodhi May, as sisters of the British major Munro, provide love interest for Hawkeye and Uncas, respectively. Steven Waddington is another Redcoat officer infatuated with Stowe, and he too shines as a 'bad guy' who's more complex than he at first seems. But the movie's almost stolen by Wes Studi as Magua, a Huron warrior who's allied himself with the French solely as a means to avenge himself on the white man. He's as mesmerizing and lethal as a cobra.

Technical qualities are exemplary, with special mention to the magnificent scenery of old-growth forestlands and mountains in North Carolina, and a superb score by Trevor Jones, with an assist by Randy Edelman. Mann might not be the first guy you'd think of to stage an 18th-century period action/adventure/romance. But after seeing what he does here, no one can fail to be impressed by his range and bravura. This is a must-own. 140 of 183 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes

Question: Who wrote the book Last of the Mohicans?
Answer: James Fenimore Cooper.