![]() ![]() ![]() He tramped through the woods and cooked over an open fire to gain an understanding of the wilderness and to allow the features of the landscape to impress themselves on his mind. To prepare for The Last of the Mohicans, Wyeth made two trips to the Lake George region of New York, where the novel is set. Wyeth’s teacher Howard Pyle had taught him to work only from experience. And even though The Last of the Mohicans had been illustrated before, Wyeth’s pictures, like George Catlin’s paintings in the previous century (see 6-B), did much to create an enduring image of the American Indian as a “noble savage.” ![]() It has since fallen out of fashion, but its importance to American literature is firmly established: the protagonist, Natty Bumppo (called Hawkeye), a white scout raised by American Indians, is the first of many enterprising pioneer heroes to overcome the perils of the frontier. Wyeth illustrated a new, deluxe edition of the book, Cooper’s story had become a fixture in American boyhood. Its popularity continued, and by 1919, when N. The Last of the Mohicans, an American adventure tale by James Fenimore Cooper, became an instant best-seller when it was published in 1826. ![]()
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