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The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 is an historical romance novel written by James Fenimore Cooper.The second novel in the "Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy, "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.The novel has been one of the most popular English-language novels since its publication and is frequently assigned reading in American literature courses.