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The Last of the Mohicans

Posted on Monday, February 6, 2012, by Lindsey Westbrook

The Last of the Mohicans
Folio Society, 2011
Hardcover, 408 pages, $67.95

James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans was hugely popular when first published in 1826 and has become a classic of American literature. The story, partly based on historical events, is a tale of captures and escapes, betrayal and revenge, played out against the spectacular lakes and forests of the Hudson River Valley. The American culture critic Sarah Churchwell provides a new introduction, and the detail and realism of the story is captured in a series of 10 atmospheric oil paintings by Robert Hunt (Illustration faculty).