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title	:	The Lasting of the Mohicans : History of an American Myth [Studies in Popular Culture]
author	:	Barker, Martin.; Sabin, Roger
publisher	:	University Press of Mississippi
isbn10 | asin	:	0878058591
print isbn13	:	9780878058594
ebook isbn13	:	9780585208527
language	:	English
subject	Cooper, James Fenimore,--1789-1851.--Last of the Mohicans, United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Literature and the war, Cooper, James Fenimore,--1789-1851--Appreciation--United States, Cooper, James Fenimore,--1789-1851--Film and vide
publication date	:	1995
lcc	:	PS1408.B37 1995eb
ddc	:	813/.2
subject	:	Cooper, James Fenimore,--1789-1851.--Last of the Mohicans, United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763--Literature and the war, Cooper, James Fenimore,--1789-1851--Appreciation--United States, Cooper, James Fenimore,--1789-1851--Film and vide

Page iii The Lasting of the Mohicans History of an American Myth Martin Barker and Roger Sabin UNIVERSITY PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI Jackson

Page iv Comic book illustrations are reproduced by kind permission of the following: Classics Illustrated and Classics International Entertainments, Inc., 1942, 1959, 1995 Marvel Classics Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc., 1976, 1995 Dark Horse Classics Dark Horse Comics, Inc., 1992 Two-Fisted Tales and MAD Publishing, Inc., Time-Warner, 1955, 1995 Film stills and posters are reproduced courtesy of the BFI Stills and Poster Library. Copyright 1995 by the University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 99 98 97 96 4 3 2 1 The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Library in Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Barker, Martin. The lasting of the Mohicans : history of an American myth / Martin Barker and Roger Sabin. p. cm. - (Studies in popular culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-87805-858-3 (alk. paper).ISBN 0-87805-859-1 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Last of the Mohicans. 2. United StatesHistoryFrench and Indian War, 1755-1763 Literature and the war. 3. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 AppreciationUnited States. 4. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789 1851Film and video adaptations. 5. Historical fiction, American History and criticism. 6. Literature and societyUnited States History. 7. Popular cultureUnited StatesHistory. 8. Mohegan Indians in literature. 9. Socail values in literature. 10. Myth in literature. 11. Canon (Literature) 1. Sabin, Roger, 1961 II. Title. III. Series: Studies in popular culture (Jackson, Miss.) PS1408.B37 1996 813'.2dc20 95-29991 CIP British Library Cataloging-in-Publication data available

Page v Contents Preface vii Chapter One The Mohican Myth and the American Dream 3 Chapter Two Cooper's Book 16 Chapter Three Becoming a Classic 34 Chapter Four Movie Mohicans, 1909-1936 56 Chapter Five Movie Mohicans, 1947-1992 93 Chapter Six The Television and Cartoon Versions 21 Chapter Seven Comic Books: The Hidden Tradition 146 Chapter Eight In the Matter of the Mohicans 181 Appendix: Mohican-ography 205 Notes 213 Bibliography 237 Index 245

Page vii Preface It's a betting certainty that most people who pick up this book will know of, or are even fans of, Michael Mann's splendid 1992 movie The Last of the Mohicans. It was one of the big hits of that year, and was seen by millions of people all over the worldan unexpected success, proving that good old-fashioned adventure with a bit extra could still do well at the box office. But for some readers the Mohicans story will have different associations. For some, it will conjure memories of a TV series, perhaps; or an earlier film version; or maybe one of those comic books that your parents managed not to disapprove of. In fact, Mohicans seems to have passed into the wider realms of culture, as this newspaper cutting nicely captured. Image not available

Page viii For a very few, it may still connote the original novelor an abridged, adapted, or rewritten retelling thereof. The present book is about retellings. It has an accidental origin. One of us was teaching a course on the mass media, using comic books as its focus. A long search for materials that could illustrate the ways different renderings of a story could affect its meaning started revealing a number of versions of Mohicans. Then Michael Mann's film came out, and that made reference to an earlier, 1936 film version. A quick browse through film histories confirmed this and yet more film versions. Talking together, we realized we were sitting on a gold mine of fascinating materials, though we didn't yet know what exactly might be learned from studying them. What it has become is an ambitious project to try to discover why a story survives, and what it embodies of social ideas and ideals that subsequent generations are able to make use of.

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