Franklin Library leather edition of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans," Illustrated by N.C. WYETH, one of the 100 GREATEST MASTERPIECES OF AMERICAN LITERATURE series, published in 1977. Bound in hunter green leather, the book has camel tan moire silk end leaves, hubbed spine, acid-free paper, a satin book marker, Symth-sewn binding, gold gilding on three---in near FINE condition. James Fenimore Cooper, who lived from 1789 –1851, was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. "The Last of the Mohicans" takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War in the Adirondack Mountains in what was then the British colony of New York. It is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales." During the French and British war, both sides used Native Americans as allies, but the French were particularly dependent, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by British colonists. The novel is set primarily in the upper New York wilderness, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort WILLIAM HENRY. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman NATTY BUMPPO, Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians CHINGACHGOOK and UNCAS, the latter two being the novel's title characters.  With him is his son, UNCAS, and an adopted son, a white man named Nathaniel Poe, who also goes by the name “Nathaniel Hawkeye."  The novel has been one of the most popular English-language novels since its publication. 484 pages. I offer Combined shipping.