Third in the "Leatherstocking" saga. Contains the text of the novel with illustrations of the author and his environment and reproductions of drawings for early editions of the book together with an introduction and descriptive captions by Allen Klots, Jr.
A simplified retelling of the classic tale set in 1757 about the exploits Hawkeye, a colonial scout, and his friends, Chingachkook, a chief of the Mohicans, and his son Uncas during the French and Indian War.
In upper New York State during the French and Indian War, a woodsman named Hawkeye and two Mohicans, Chingachgook and Uncas, get entangled in the fighting as they try to save two pioneer sisters abducted by Iroquois tribesmen.
