故事发生在十八世纪五十年代末期，英法两国为争夺北美殖民地而进行的“七年战争”的第三年，地点是在赫德森河的源头和乔治湖一带。当时这儿是一片腥风血雨的战场。

翻开本书，一则则充满紧张悬疑、冒险刺激的故事情书，一个个洋溢着勇敢与奋斗精神的传奇故事，就会呈现在你的眼前。故事中有平凡的小人物，也有伟大的英雄，你可以和他们共享丰富多彩、生趣盎然的人生。

The wild rush of action in this classic frontier adventture story has made The Last of the Mohicans the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. Deep in the forests of upper New York State,the brave woodsman Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo) and his loyal Mohican friends Chingachgook and Uneas become embroiled in the bloody battles of the French and IndianWar. The abduction of the beautiful Munro sisters by hostile savages, the treachery of the renegade brave Magua, the ambush of innocent settlers, and the thrilling events that lead to the final tragic confrontation between rival war parties create an unforgettable, spine-tingling picture of life on the frontier. And as the idyllic wilderness gives way to the forces of civilization, the novel presents a moving portrayal of a vanishing race and the end of its way of life in the great American forests.