The Last of the Mohicans was written in 1826 by James Fenimore Cooper. Cooper was born September 15, 1789, in Burlington, New Jersey. Born the son of a wealthy judge, his family moved to Cooperstown, New York when he was just one year old. The town was named in honor of his father. Cooper grew up and received his early education in Cooperstown, where he was introduced to influential social circles. At the age of thirteen, he was sent to Yale University to study. He was kicked out of school for repeated pranks, including putting a donkey on a teacher's chair and exploding gunpowder on campus. After leaving Yale, he spent two years in the Merchant Marine before joining the United States Navy. While in the Navy, his father was killed by a political opponent and Cooper inherited a large estate. In 1811 he married Susan DeLancey, the daughter of a wealthy family, and he left the navy to settle down as a gentleman. Cooper's business ventures failed, and he abandoned his country life to move to New York to become a writer. It is said that after reading a novel, he told his wife that he could do a better job, and she challenged him to do so, beginning his writing career. Cooper's first novel, Caution, written in 1820, was unsuccessful, but the following year Cooper rose to fame with The Spy, a historical novel about the American Revolution. He then wrote several maritime adventure novels before writing Leatherstocking Tales, a collection of five books, including The Last of the Mohicans, on the North American frontier. In 1826, Cooper left the United States and spent eight years in Europe where he continued his success and wrote novels about medieval Europe, democracy and politics...... middle of paper...... which was a prevalent social issue in the early 1800s, played a central role in this novel. Cooper uses Hawkeye's friendship with Uncas and Chingachgook to suggest that people of different races can interact successfully and become friends. In contrast, Cora's attraction to Uncas was portrayed as taboo, demonstrating society's aversion to interracial marriage. Even among the Indians, the animosity between the Mohicans and the Hurons manifests resistance to the mixing of different cultures. By writing The Last of the Mohicans, James Cooper succeeded in creating a fictional novel that integrates both the historical facts of the novel's time and current social issues. as of the time of writing. The story was not intended to be completely historically accurate, but managed to give the reader a general idea of ​​the atmosphere of the time..