Video: "The Last of the Mohicans" by James Fenimore Cooper

National Association of Scholars

“Chingachgook grasped the hand that, in the warmth of feeling, the scout had stretched across the fresh earth, and in that attitude of friendship these intrepid woodsmen bowed their heads together, while scalding tears fell to their feet, watering the grave of Uncas like drops of falling rain.”

What makes The Last of the Mohicans a great American novel? How has the novel influenced American depictions of frontiersmen and American Indians? Who influenced Cooper's writings, and who did his writings influence?

This webinar features Steven Harthorn, Chair of the Department of English and Literature and Professor of English at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul; Doreen Alvarez Saar, Professor of English at Drexel University and American Literature Editor for the Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature; and Craig White, Professor Emeritus of Literature at the University of Houston, Clear Lake.

The discussion is moderated by David Randall, Director of Research at the National Association of Scholars.

You can find a list of the speakers' books available for purchase here.


Image: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain

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