Last of the Mohicans: A Dying Generation The Last of the Mohicans is one of five novels in the Leatherstocking Series, all of which were written by James Fenimore Cooper. Cooper is known to be “one of the nineteenth century’s most popular story tellers” because he “presented a simpler, idealized view of America’s westward migration” (Charles 392). Cooper was a pioneer of American literature. Writing during the early to mid 1800’s, Cooper is said …showed first 75 words of 3292 total…

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