The Last of the Mohicans (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)A massacre at a colonial garrison, the kidnapping of two pioneer sisters by Iroquois tribesmen, the treachery of a renegade brave, and the ambush of innocent settlers create an unforgettable, spine tingling picture of American frontier life in this classic 18th century adventure the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. First published in 1826, the story set in the forests of upper New York State during the French and Indian