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Key Facts Full title - The Last of the Mohicans Author - James Fenimore Cooper Type of work - Novel Genre - Sentimental novel, adventure novel, frontier romance Language - English Time and place written - 1826, Europe Date of first publication - 1826 Publisher - Carey & Lea of Philadelphia Narrator - Anonymous Point of view - Third person. The narrator follows the actions of several characters at once, especially during combat scenes. He describes characters objectively but periodically makes reference to his own writing. Tone - Ornate, solemn, sentimental, occasionally poetic Tense - Past Setting (time) - Several days from late July to mid-August 1757, during the French and Indian War Setting (place) - The American wilderness frontier in what will become New York State Protagonist - Hawkeye Major conflict - The English battle the French and their Indian allies; Uncas helps his English friends resist Magua and the Hurons. Rising action - Magua captures Cora and Alice, beginning a series of adventures for the English characters, who try to rescue the women. Climax - Uncas triumphs over Magua in the Delaware council of Tamenund in Chapter XXX. Falling action - Magua dies; Cora and Uncas are torn apart Themes -