"The Last of the Mohicans"

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This paper presents a brief overview of the book "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper. The paper pays special attention to the role of women and how they were treated in those days, as well as their contribution to warfare as compared to present times. "The Last of the Mohicans" takes place in the midst of the French-Indian war. It focuses on one battle in a war that lasted for many years. This was the last and most important conflict over French and British possessions in North America.

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"This book depicts the battle of Fort William Henry and adds the fictional kidnapping of two sisters Cora and Alice who are also the main female characters of this book. It is an account of two opposing tribes; the Delawares and the Hurons. The Hurons (Magua's tribe) are depicted as an extension of Magua himself. They are ambitious to take down the foresters, thereby avenging the warriors they have lost."

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