The Last of the Mohicans The Last of the Mohicans The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826) is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book of the "Leatherstocking Tales" pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. "The Pathfinder", published 14 years later in 1840, is its sequel. "The Last of the Mohicans" is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent,
The Last Man Who Knew Everything medicine (e.g., Young's rule), linguistics, and Egyptology. The book was published in hardback by Pi Press in the United States and by Oneworld Publications in the United Kingdom. It subsequently appeared in paperback editions. It has been featured on the BBC. The book has been reviewed in a number of publications and online, including: The Last Man Who Knew Everything The Last Man Who Knew Everything (2006), written by Andrew Robinson, is a biography of the British polymath, Thomas Young (1773–1829). This biography is subtitled "Thomas Young, the Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the