The Last of the Mohicans (The World's Best Reading)

One of the most popular novels of early American literature, "The Last of the Mohicans" helped to establish James Fenimore Cooper as one of the first great and world-famous American authors. The second novel in the "Natty" Bumpo series, "The Last of the Mohicans" is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War. It concerns the rescue of two sisters, daughters of a British commander who are kidnapped following a Huron massacre of Anglo-American soldiers, by the two remaining survivors of the Mohican tribe. A fantastic tale of adventure, "The Last of the Mohicans" is a true American classic.