The Last of the Mohicans is about the subject of the frontier and the people who occupied it. The frontier is both a place and condition made up of opposite conflicting forces where things come together with all their differences. In this novel the clash between the French and English is for colonial control of the land using hostile Indians of the Iroquois and the Delawares and Mohicans. The story takes place in the summer of 1757 in the New York region.
The author, James Cooper, explains that this novel is important because it shows the conflict of man against man - White vs. Indians, Indians vs. Indians, and English vs. French. Man is coping with his frontier, trying to conquer, tame and possess it.
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