"The Last of the Mohicans" Quotes
classics | 388 pages | Published in 1986
Cooper's most enduringly popular novel combines heroism and romance with powerful criticism of the destruction of nature and tradition. Set against the French and Indian siege of Fort William Henry in 1757, The Last of the Mohicans recounts the story of two sisters, Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of the English commander, who are struggling to be reunited with their father. They are aided in their perilous journey by Hawk-eye, a frontier scout and his companions Chingachgook and Uncas, the only two survivors of the Mohican tribe. But their lives are endangered by the Mangua, the savage Indian traitor who captures the sisters, wanting Cora to be his squaw. In setting Indian against Indian and the brutal society of the white man against the civilization of the Mohican, Cooper, more than any author before or since, shaped the American sense of itself as a nation. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
| ISBN_13: | 9780140390247 |
| ISBN_10: | 0140390243 |
Quotes
The pale-faces are masters of the earth, and the time has not yet come when the red-men shall call to them in vain.
Great Spirit! A just man never lived who was not of thy people!
I am as much a man of the woods as any Mingo that you can name.
A rifle is a good while in a friend's hand.
When an Indian chief is too old to lead his warriors to battle, he goes to the spirits of his fathers in the caves of the mountain and lets them know that he is coming.
The pale-faces are prattling women; the red-skins are the masters of the earth.
A Huron is my father, and an Elk is the totem of my family.
The white man doesn't care for the honor of his family; he is little and weak.
