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Before She Kills by Fredric Brown (a 1984 publication featuring six of Brown's detective pulp stories from the 1940s and 60s).
Found for $3 at an opportunity shop.
The Gloomster by Axel Scheffler and Julia Donaldson (2011 first UK edition, Faber & Faber).
Found for 50 cents at a used bookstore.
Thunderball by Ian Fleming (1961 first edition, Jonathan Cape).
Rescued from a book pile my father-in-law was getting rid of.
The Narrowing Circle by Julian Symons (1954; my copy is the 1985 reissue by Macmillan).
Found for $7.25 at a used bookstore.
A happy, round sheep as seen in "The Sheep of Lal Bagh" by David Mark, illustrated by Lionel Kalish. Published by Parents' Magazine Press; First edition (1967)
A riot of colorful Brian Wildsmith accompany Robert Louis Stevenson's classic collection "A Child's Garden of Verses" in this 1966 book.
From the blurb on the dust jacket:
Jed Cochrane headed the first space flight beyond the Solar System because a frustrated psychotic on the Moon happened to be the son-in-law of one of Jed’s bosses. Jed was an advertising man, a solidograph producer, director of the “Dikkipatti” Hour (rated among the top ten shows on at least three continents). What little he knew about space travel he had learned while doing research for one of his shows. And Jed was cynical – cynical about space travel in general, and about himself in particular. In short, he was the last man anyone with a logical mind would have selected for Man’s first flight into the depths of interstellar space.
Yet Jed Cochrane, heading for the Moon on orders of one of his bosses’ secretaries, not because he wanted to but because he was afraid he’d lose his job if he didn’t, landed feet first in the midst of the biggest discovery of several centuries. Accompanied by his own secretary, a psychiatrist, a writer, and two “tame” scientists, Jed went to the Moon to do a public relations job – to develop appreciation for an apparently useless scientific discovery made by his boss’s son-in-law. Jed found an angle and set to work – and in short order discovered he had a tiger by the tail – a huge, potentially dangerous, possibly benevolent tiger.
But to Jed everything was simply a “production” – even Operation: Outer Space!
Murray Leinster has written a delightful, slightly zany, somewhat cynical, yet amazingly convincing story of the first interstellar flight. His characters are three dimensional; the situations in which they find themselves are unusual but logical; the resulting tale is one you’ll read and reread with utmost enjoyment.
Thrills, chills and chuckles – all are here in the best science fiction book Murray Leinster has ever written – a book which is bound to win acclaim as one of the best S-F books of the year.
"A flaring torch was burning in the place, and sent its red glare from face to face and figure to figure, as it waved in the currents of air."
"The Last of the Mohicans" is set in 1757, during the French and Indian 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, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the more numerous British colonists.
The novel is primarily set in the upper New York wilderness, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo (known as Hawkeye), Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and his son Uncas. These characters are sometimes seen as a microcosm of the budding American society, particularly with regards to their racial composition.
[Source: Wikipedia]
"Das arme Jesulein. Gemalt und geschrieben von Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo
Verlag - Josef Müller, München"
Mother's childhood Christmas storybook.
Written and illustrated by Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Bohatta
First edition, 1931
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1931. A szegény Kisjézus.
Írta és illusztrálta: Ida Bohatta Morpurgo de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Bohatta
Mamám gyerekkori karácsonyi mesekönyve
Kiadó: Josef Müller Verlag, München. Első kiadás
From the back cover:
A VICIOUS GAME
You're Pony Wilcox, a cop on a special mission: find the source of the dope being smuggled into the U.S. by troops returning from the Orient.
So you're sent to Korea, but everybody knows what your mission is and has clammed up -- including the top Army officials.
Your first lead is Sheila Mason, blond and beautiful adventuress, who has the information but demands her kind of payment for the answers.
Then the inscrutable Oriental, Miss Kim, gives you a cryptic clue -- only she dies before you find out its meaning.
And suddenly you're all alone, caught in a vicious game of vice and violence, and you realize the stakes are too high for one man to win.
So I’ve been looking to buy a Rollei 35 camera for some time and my delay was due to my criteria. It had to be black and made in Germany. Recently I came across two cameras that met this and purchased them both for a decent price. This is the second one and it has the original smaller lock for the back (or base), it is uncommon.
Lighting by Marcel.
Please respect copyright. Do no use without written permission.
They Returned to a Cosmic D-Day!
“They had followed orders, reached the stars, and now were bound back for Earth with a visitor – a strange star-born being they thought would make an interesting curiosity back home. They did not suspect that in this creature they were bringing a spark that could set their planet aflame.
“Though they were to find themselves unwelcome strangers when they landed, their weird cargo proved their passport – until he escaped. And then to save their very lives, the star-travelers had to join the desperate search for the unearthly Saris Hronna, knowing that if they did not corner him first, it might mean the end, not only of themselves, but the Earth itself!
“Compounded of suspense and brilliant imaginative power, this new novel is jet-propelled for thrills and chills.” [From the Introduction]
“I, Robot” is a collection of nine science fiction short stories which originally appeared in the American magazines Super Science Stories and Astounding Science Fiction between 1940 and 1950. The stories are woven together as Dr. Susan Calvin tells them to a reporter (the narrator) in the 21st century. Though the stories can be read separately, they share a theme of the interaction of humans, robots, and morality, and when combined they tell a larger story of Asimov's fictional history of robotics.
The short story “Runaround” in the “I, Robot” collection is where Asimov first introduced his Three Laws of Robotics:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.
"Working Cats" is a photography book filled with contemporary 1970s photographs of cats at .....(steel yourself) ..... at WORK. That's right, while your little kitty does nothing but lounge on the windowsill, other felines are actually earning their catnip.
Working Cats.
Terry DeRoy Gruber
First Edition 1979
So I’ve been looking to buy a Rollei 35 camera for some time and my delay was due to my criteria. It had to be black and made in Germany. Recently I came across two cameras that met this and purchased them both for a decent price. This is the second one and it has the original smaller lock for the back (or base), it is uncommon.
Lighting by Marcel.
Please respect copyright. Do no use without written permission.
Review by American critic Burton Rascoe on the back cover:
"THUNDERCLAP is a great novel. It's a better novel than John Steinbeck's 'The Wayward Bus' from any point you want to take it.
"First, it's a powerful story with plenty of naturalistic talk on the rawest physical level, but kept authentic, moving, and revealing.
"It is a love story and a genuine one. It is in fact two love stories; for the unorthodox love of Rigger and Ruby is as deep as the quiet love of Britt and Marcy. Each springs from the same source. The psychology of this story is as sound as the theme of Manon Lescaut and approaches that great classic in its development.
"Sheridan seems to be aiming at, and achieving, something higher and more powerful than just an entertaining story. THUNDERCLAP could rank among the modern classics."
-- Burton Rascoe
The cover of a charming book illustrated by Lionel Karsh in 1968. It contains very good advice: always be nice to people! A Fiddler and his Cat come into town and make everyone so happy they want to buy the Cat. The Fiddler politely declines every offer until the King takes the Cat without regard for the Fiddler's wishes. The Cat then teaches the King an important lesson in being nice.
This scene is from a lovely 1940s version of Rudyard Kipling's tale accompanied with charming illustrations by F. Rojankovsky.
When the smooth-skinned rhinoceros steals a cake from the Parsee (``from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental splendour'') he gets his just desserts--that is, cake crumbs deposited inside his skin. The itch causes him to rub and rub himself against a tree, until he becomes as wrinkled as we know him today.
“Kung Fu killers on the loose – A dynamite novel by Mike Roote. Now an action-packed movie. Original Screenplay by Michael Allin.”
JOIN OR DIE!
Join Han’s sinister army, out to conquer the world! Or . . .
Die at the hands of the brutal Kung Fu killers!
Lee had to make the choice, knowing full well the evil he had to combat either way. It was a menace to all that the world called honorable. . . and a savage struggle to the death
From the back cover:
THEIR DEADLY MISSION: TO CRACK THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND OF HAN!
The ultimate martial arts masterpiece lavishly filmed by Warner Bros. in Hong Kong and the China Sea, now an explosive Kung Fu novel!
“ENTER THE DRAGON” starring BRUCE LEE, JOHN SAXON, AHNA CAPRI
co-starring Bob Wall, Shih Kien and introducing Jim Kelly.
Music Lalo Schifrin. Written by Michael Allin. Produced by Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller in association with Raymond Chow. Directed by Robert Clouse.
PANAVISION * TECHNICOLOR
Celebrating Warner Bros. 50th Anniversary. A Warner Communications Company.
"In Darkest Africa (1890) is Henry M. Stanley’s own account of his last adventure on the African continent. At the turn of that century, the interior of the African continent was largely unknown to the American and European public. With the accounts of great explorers like Stanley, readers became thrilled by stories of African expeditions and longed to follow in the footsteps of these explorers. In 1888, Stanley led an expedition to come to the aid of Mehmed Emin Pasha. The two volumes that compose 'In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria' are his account of what happened." [www.biblio.com/in-darkest-africa-by-stanley-henry-m/work/...]
From the back cover:
HUNT THE MAN DOWN --
Somewhere in the city there was a man named Stallings -- wealthy, weak, and dead drunk. And right now Stallings was the most wanted man in the whole state -- wanted by ten very desperate men and women -- women driven by passion and hunger, men driven by greed and revenge.
They would find him. They had to, because the deadliest mobsters in the east were after Stallings too -- and if they found him . . .
Happy Halloween!
Featuring the scary end papers of Alfred Hitchcock's Haunted Houseful, Random House; First edition (1961).
Doughty’s short-lived magazine “The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports” is an important imprint in the history of American printing. It contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Issued in monthly parts and published from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834, “The Cabinet” featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions of newly discovered flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples of early American hand-colored lithography. It was originally the work of the Doughty brothers, Thomas and John, with virtually all of the plates being the work of Thomas, who also founded the Hudson River School. But, by the spring of 1832, the partnership had broken up and Thomas had moved to Boston. An abbreviated third volume (not included here) lacked Thomas’ touch.
This museum-grade archive, sourced from the lifelong collection of master philatelist Lionel A. Aucoin of Spencer, Massachusetts, features a unique 1935 Turkish stamp autographed by Nobel Laureate Selma Lagerlöf on February 15, 1939—verified by an accompanying personal note where she explicitly documents this as the very first stamp she has ever autographed.
Key Highlights of this Ensemble:
The Author: Selma Lagerlöf, first female Nobel Prize winner in Literature.
The Stamp: 1935 Turkish Suffragist Congress issue (limited run of ~10,000).
The Date: February 15, 1939 (late-life signature).
The Provenance: From the famous Lionel A. Aucoin collection.
This archive represents more than just an autograph; it is a bridge between a pioneer of women’s rights in Turkey, a literary giant in Sweden, and a dedicated collector in America.
The Full Archive - The complete Lagerlöf-Aucoin Archive. A unique intersection of Nobel history, women’s rights (via the 1935 Suffragist stamp), and 20th-century philately. A "museum-grade" ensemble captured in its entirety.
The Primary Treasure: Close-up of a rare 1935 Turkish semi-postal stamp issued for the 12th International Suffragist Congress. Hand-signed and dated "15.2.1939" by Nobel Laureate Selma Lagerlöf in blue fountain pen. This is documented by the author as the first stamp she ever autographed.
The Literary Statement: Handwritten card by Selma Lagerlöf. In this remarkable note, Lagerlöf confirms the stamp's rarity and provides her final assessment of her literary legacy, identifying her 1891 debut, Gösta Berling’s Saga, as her finest work.
The Collector's Pedigree: Original cataloguing card from the Lionel A. Aucoin Collection. Aucoin, a prolific 20th-century collector, notes the absolute rarity of this item: "Only one in existence signed? "
The Evidence (The Cover): Original transmittal cover (envelope) sent from Falun, Sweden to noted autograph collector Lionel A. Aucoin in Spencer, Massachusetts. The Falun 15.2.39 postmark provides ironclad provenance, aligning perfectly with the date written on the stamp. (Back of cover) - What "R 2/24/39" Means - In collector shorthand, the "R" stands for "Received."
Sent: He likely mailed his request in late 1938 or January 1939.
Signed: Selma signed and postmarked it on 15.2.1939 (February 15).
Received: It took exactly 9 days to travel from Sweden to Spencer, Massachusetts, arriving on February 24, 1939.
Personal Name
Selma Lagerlöf (Not Lagerlof).
Full Name: Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf.
Important Institutions:
Svenska Akademien: The Swedish Academy (where she was the first female member).
Nobelpriset i litteratur: The Nobel Prize in Literature.
"Ett unikt dokument från Selma Lagerlöfs sista år i Falun, adresserat till den amerikanska samlaren Lionel A. Aucoin."
(A unique document from Selma Lagerlöf's final years in Falun, addressed to the American collector Lionel A. Aucoin.)
In the 1930s, it was standard practice for professional collectors like Lionel A. Aucoin to send a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope (SASE). Because he was an American who likely didn't speak Swedish, he probably transcribed "Falun" phonetically or misread a map, writing "Felum" on his return envelope before mailing it to her. The notation "R 2/24/39" on the back is the final "smoking gun" for the archive's timeline.
Selma Lagerlöf died on March 16, 1940, at her family estate, Mårbacka, after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage (a stroke) several days earlier. She was 81 years old.
Her health had been in decline for some time, and in her final months, she was deeply preoccupied with the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union. Just before she was stricken, she famously donated her Nobel Prize gold medal to the Swedish national fund for Finland to help support their war effort.
The "Last Signatures" Context
Because my stamp is dated February 15, 1939, it was signed just 13 months before her stroke. This timeline is very significant for this collection:
A Year of Transition: In 1939, Lagerlöf was still mentally sharp and actively responding to collectors like Lionel Aucoin, but she was physically slowing down.
The "Final Year" Rarity: Signatures from late 1939 or early 1940 are considered her "final signatures." Finding a high-quality, dated signature from this period is rare, as most of her energy in her last year was diverted to helping refugees and the Finnish cause.
In 1974, at a low point in his career, Kenny Rogers, then leader of the country-rock group the First Edition was advertising "Quick-Pickin' 'n Fun-Strummin'" home guitar courses on television and in this ad from TV Guide, September 7, 1974.
A few years later, Kenny went solo, completely changed his look and sound, and became a country music superstar beginning with his 1977 crossover hit, "Lucille."
This was the first collection of Robert E. Howard’s work to appear. Apart from the title story – perhaps Howard’s best novel in the genre – this omnibus collection contains stories about Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane, Conan, and King Kull, as well as many earlier tales. The collection contains 21 stories – many of novelette-length – a complete novel, 2 poems, an article on “The Hyborian Age,” and appreciations by E. Hoffmann Price and H. P. Lovecraft.
Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) was born in Texas and spent his life there. He was surprisingly versatile in his writing. He wrote not only weird and Western fiction, but also sporting fiction and weird, adventurous poetry, and he had every intention of invading the field of serious regional fiction and non-fiction, and was amassing data to that end when death interrupted his plans. Howard’s Achilles’ heel was his devotion to his mother; in an access of violent grief at her death, he shot and killed himself on June 11, 1936.
“He was,” wrote H. P. Lovecraft, “above everything else, a lover of the simpler, older world of barbarian and pioneer days, when courage and strength took the place of subtlety and stratagem, and when a hardy, fearless race battled and bled, and asked no quarter from hostile nature.”
Hannes Bok (1914-1964) is one of a handful of fantasy illustrators from the pulp magazine era, along with Virgil Finlay and Edd Cartier, whose work is just as popular today as it was in the 1940s. He made his professional debut in the pages of Weird Tales in late 1939, but he began dabbling in fantasy and science fiction art as early as 1930. He did considerable pulp magazine work throughout the 1940s, and was active as a book illustrator and painter in the late 1940s and early 1950s, contributing to such publishers as Arkham House, Shasta, Fantasy Press, and Gnome Press.
The plot of the novel follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London.
The Old Curiosity Shop was one of two novels (the other being Barnaby Rudge) which Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock, which lasted from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final installment arrived in 1841. The Old Curiosity Shop was printed in book form in 1841. [Source: Wikipedia]
Another adorable bedtime scene from "Mouse Tales."
Written and illustrated by Arnold Lobel
Harper & Row; First Edition edition (1972)
"Cora had cast herself to her knees; and, with hands clenched in each other and pressed upon her bosom, she remained like a beauteous and breathing model of her sex."
"The Last of the Mohicans" is set in 1757, during the French and Indian 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, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the more numerous British colonists.
The novel is primarily set in the upper New York wilderness, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo (known as Hawkeye), Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and his son Uncas. These characters are sometimes seen as a microcosm of the budding American society, particularly with regards to their racial composition.
[Source: Wikipedia]
A lovely squirrel from a 1940s children's book. "Miss Hickory."
Written by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. Illustrated by Ruth Gannett. Published by Viking Juvenile (1946) - First edition
A wonderful small 1940s children's book about a year on a farm in the Midwest. Details the chores and the seasons along with charming illustrations.
A Year on the Farm.
Written by Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrated by Richard Floethe
Published by Simon and Schuster; "D" edition (1948)
This charming first edition of "The Beautiful Rat" is a lovingly illustrated fairy tale about two rat parents looking for a husband for their daughter. Signed and inscribed by the author.
"The Beautiful Rat, " written and illustrated by Kaethe Zemach. First Edition (1979)
Doughty’s short-lived magazine “The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports” is an important imprint in the history of American printing. It contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Issued in monthly parts and published from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834, “The Cabinet” featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions of newly discovered flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples of early American hand-colored lithography. It was originally the work of the Doughty brothers, Thomas and John, with virtually all of the plates being the work of Thomas, who also founded the Hudson River School. But, by the spring of 1832, the partnership had broken up and Thomas had moved to Boston. An abbreviated third volume (not included here) lacked Thomas’ touch.
It began when retired tailor Joseph Schwartz was walking down a street in Chicago, past the Institute for Nuclear Research. He raised one foot in the twentieth century; he lowered it in Galactic Era 827, the victim of an odd accident inside the Institute involving an experiment with crude uranium.
Schwartz awoke to a strange world -- he was still on Earth, but at a time when all the planets of the Galaxy were inhabited, and the people of Earth were outcasts, suffering vindictive discrimination because their tiny world was radioactive. Then, strangely, he found himself the only man who could avert an impending cosmic disaster. But Schwartz, homesick and confused, wasn't sure he even cared!
Doughty’s short-lived magazine “The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports” is an important imprint in the history of American printing. It contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Issued in monthly parts and published from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834, “The Cabinet” featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions of newly discovered flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples of early American hand-colored lithography. It was originally the work of the Doughty brothers, Thomas and John, with virtually all of the plates being the work of Thomas, who also founded the Hudson River School. But, by the spring of 1832, the partnership had broken up and Thomas had moved to Boston. An abbreviated third volume (not included here) lacked Thomas’ touch.
An illustration from "Among Us Cats" by W. E. Hill, a fabulous 1920s book. The stories inside focus on the eccentricities of life in the Jazz age life as seen through a cat-shaped lens.
Among Us Cats
by W. E. Hill
Harper Brothers 1926 First Edition
Backwoods Tramp by Harry Whittington
She knew what she wanted – a man to take her away from the dirt road and one-room shack she called home.
From the back cover:
GREEDY LITTLE SWAMP GIRL
She stood in the doorway of the shack and I saw how different she was from the other people I’d met in the swamp. She was looking for something; she wanted something and she would kill to get it. I shivered a little but I couldn’t pull my gaze away from her. She looked as though she’d just gotten out of a warm bed and wanted to go back to it – with me.
But her sleepy eyes, her full mouth and her lush body were lying. In a cold and calculating way she was already planning how she could use me to help her escape from the poverty and filth of her backwoods life.
I have a few days at home by myself so am going through a bunch of stuff, trying to get myself a little more organised than usual. I've sorted through photographs, 35mm slides, and a bunch of books, not least among them my small collection of Frank Hardy's Power Without Glory, first editions.
The one on top is the most complete with the middle one almost falling apart. The one on the bottom has been nicely rebound by someone years ago, but is missing about 40 pages.
A great read if you want to get a little picture of Australian history, albiet though the eyes of a man who was a committed communist, which flavours both the subject of the book and the book narrative itself.
Still, it's up there with my top 10 books alongside My Brother Jack and Clean Straw for Nothing by George Johnston, and Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion.
This is plate 7 in Gaspey’s “Book of the World,” which contains 35 full-page, hand-colored engravings. Colored engravings of that period were virtually always colored by hand with water colors.
The DB10 looks like the Jaguar F-Type here. Rear number plate reads "DB10 AGB"
Base code: H48
My other Aston Martins:
Italian director Lucio Fulci is best known for such horrors as "The House by the Cemetery," "The Beyond," "Zombie," "City of the Living Dead," "The Psychic," "The New York Ripper," and other stomach churning masterpieces..
Gennarino by Nicola Simbari is a story book about a boy in an Italian fishing village, who longs to have a bigger boat. "Nicola Simbari (1927-2012) was an Italian painter. Simbari's originality and commercial appeal brought his art to exhibitions in London and New York by the 1950s, solidifying his international reputation." Wikipedia
Gennarino.
by Nicola Simbari.
Published by Harper Collins (1962), Printed in West Germany
A charming 1970s book by Mercer Mayer about Little Critter, who is trying his best to help his mother.
"Just for You"
By Mercer Mayer
1975 First Edition
This is plate 27 in Gaspey’s “Book of the World,” which contains 35 full-page, hand-colored engravings. Colored engravings of that period were virtually always colored by hand with water colors.
“The Chimes” is Dickens’ second Christmas book, the first being “A Christmas Carol.” It continues his social commentaries on the poor. Structured similarly to “A Christmas Carol,” the main character, Trotty, witnesses an alternative future through a series of visions and ultimately is given a second chance to put things right. “The Chimes” was a bestseller in its day, but has since been eclipsed by “A Christmas Carol.” “The Chimes” is illustrated with thirteen engravings by artists John Leech, John Tenniel, Richard Doyle, Daniel Maclise and Clarkson Stanfield.
In all, Dickens wrote five Christmas books: “A Christmas Carol” (1843), “The Chimes” (though dated 1845 it was released in December 1844), “The Cricket on the Hearth” (1845), “The Battle of Life” (1846), and “The Haunted Man” (1848).
"As soon as this slight salutation had passed, Montcalm moved towards them with a quick but graceful step, baring his head to the veteran, and dropping his spotless plume nearly to the earth in courtesy."
"The Last of the Mohicans" is set in 1757, during the French and Indian 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, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the more numerous British colonists.
The novel is primarily set in the upper New York wilderness, detailing the transport of the two daughters of Colonel Munro, Alice and Cora, to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo (known as Hawkeye), Major Duncan Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and his son Uncas. These characters are sometimes seen as a microcosm of the budding American society, particularly with regards to their racial composition.
[Source: Wikipedia]
Written by William Shakespeare, published in 1623. View all four folios at digital.lib.MiamiOH.edu/folios.