The Last Of The Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper With an Afterword by James Franklin Beard PUBLISHED BY THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY First Printing, December 1962 A Signet Classic The Last of the Mohicans contains the classic portrait of the man of moral courage who severs all connections with a society whose values he can no longer accept. Despite his chosen exile, Hawk-eye (Natty Bumppo), the frontier scout, risks his life to escort two sisters through hostile country. On the dangerous journey, he enlists the aid of the Mohican Chingachgook. And in the challenging ordeal that follows, in their encounters with deception, brutality, and the deaths of loved ones, the friendship between the two men deepens- the scout and the Mohican, each with a singular philosophy of independence that has been nurtured and shaped by the silent, virgin forest. ". . . in his immortal friendship of Chingachgook and Natty Bump- [Cooper] dreamed the nucleus of a new society.... A stark, stripped human relationship of two men, deeper than the deeps of sex. Deeper than property, deeper than fatherhood, deeper than marriage, deeper than Love." - D. H. Lawrence "The Last of the Mohicans raises again the question of the efficacy of 'human effort to control irrational forces at work in individual men, races, and nations. The question has never been more pertinent than now.' - James Franklin Beard Pages in unmarked condition. Owner signature on cover page. A few light spots of dimpling on foredge of pages. Cover has wear at top and bottom edges of spine, chipping, small crease. Top edge of back cover has chip. Some discoloration to spine and back cover. Worn spot on back cover.