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Monday, February 06, 2006
Well, the written word won't do this justice, so I've dedicated this one to an AudioBlog..... I amaze even myself by the crazy situations I get myself into. 3.47MB MP3 To download the MP3 files so you can keep them on your computer for later listening: PC: 'Right Click' on the link and select 'Save Link / Target As. . .' MAC: ALT-Click to launch the Download Manager Cooper's most enduringly popular novel combines heroism and romance with powerful criticism of the destruction of nature and tradition. Set against the French and Indian siege of Fort William Henry in 1757, The Last of the Mohicans recounts the story of two sisters, Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of the English commander, who are struggling to be reunited with their father. They are aided in their perilous journey by Hawk-eye, a frontier scout and his companions Chingachgook and Uncas, the only two survivors of the Mohican tribe. But their lives are endangered by the Mangua, the savage Indian traitor who captures the sisters, wanting Cora to be his squaw. In setting Indian against Indian and the brutal society of the white man against the civilization of the Mohican, Cooper, more than any author before or since, shaped the American sense of itself as a nation. To download the Text files so you can keep them on your computer for later reading: PC: 'Right Click' on the link and select 'Save Link / Target As. . .' MAC: ALT-Click to launch the Download Manager Charlie hewitt.mobi Posted at 4:51 pm |
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Ooooh, pretty picture!!
Thank's Michele, By hewitt.mobi, at 8:04 pm |