The Last of the Mohicans (Graphic Classics) - Hardcover

(back cover)
When a naïve group of English settlers journeys through the untamed wilderness of 18th-century America, they quickly become victims of a hostile enemy attack. Their only hope of rescue lies with Hawkeye, an expert woodsman, and Uncas and Chingachgook, the last survivors of the Mohican tribe.

James Fenimore Cooper's gripping tale is brought to life in graphic novel format.

(front flap)
The wild frontier of the British colony of New York is the scene of this spellbinding story. It is the time of the French and Indian War, and danger lurks everywhere. Two daughters of a British army officer set off on a hazardous journey through the wilderness, guided by a treacherous Huron Indian who turns out to be a part of a kidnapping plot. The young ladies are in deep peril. Will the efforts of the heroic woodsman Hawkeye and his Mohican companions Chingachgook and Uncas be enough to rescue them?

(back flap)
Graphic Classics available from Barron's

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn * Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde * Dracula * Frankenstein * Gulliver's Travels * Hamlet * The Hunchback of Notre Dame * Jane Eyre * Journey to the Center of the Earth * Julius Caesar * Kidnapped * The Last of the Mohicans * Macbeth * The Man in the Iron Mask * The Merchant of Venice * Moby Dick * The Odyssey * Oliver Twist * Romeo and Juliet * A Tale of Two Cities * The Three Musketeers * Treasure Island * 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea * Wuthering Heights

Gr 4-6–Two more entries in Barron's series, not to be confused with Eureka's series of the same name. The stories are encapsulated in two-page units of plot and circumstance for easy consumption. Captions explain the events, pictures help to differentiate among the characters, and the volumes are rife with footnotes and explication at the bottom of every page. Breaking the story down into bite-size chunks helps with vocabulary and comprehension, but can wreak havoc with the pacing. Readers are apt to find Merchant overlong, with the narrowly focused chapters giving some of Shakespeare's short, establishing scenes an accidental or unfortunate weight. However, Macdonald strives to maintain as much of the Bard's original language as possible. This effort to represent the original material may be hard going for readers, but it provides an authentic experience that the much looser adaptation of Mohicans can't match. Merchant's artwork focuses on heads and faces, giving each character an opportunity to act out the dialogue, and works quite well, both narratively and educationally.Benjamin Russell, Belmont High School, NH
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