First published 1826
Cora and Alice Munro must reach Fort William Henry to reunite with their English commander father as French and Indian forces lay siege in 1757. The sisters depend on Hawk-eye, a skilled frontier scout, and his Native American allies Chingachgook and Uncas, the final survivors of the Mohican people. Their dangerous passage through hostile territory becomes more perilous when Magua, a vengeful Indian warrior, captures the women. Magua demands Cora become his wife, threatening both sisters' lives. As conflicts rage between different tribal factions and white settlers clash with indigenous peoples, the small band fights for survival in a wilderness where loyalties shift and violence erupts without warning. Cooper places readers in the heart of colonial America's brutal frontier, where the destruction of ancient ways of life unfolds alongside personal battles for freedom and family.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, american, adventure, 19th-century
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, survival
Setting: Fort William Henry, France, America
Period: 1757
350 pages · Paperback · Penguin
Content warnings: violence