Drawing from cinema, "Dances with Wolves" and "Far and Away" were clearly inspired by The Last of the Mohicans. ... Another appreciable characteristic of the book is the reference to the "Last of the Mohicans". ... Scholars have suggested that Cooper has an implicit linguistic philosophy embedded in The Last of the Mohicans. ... He thinks of Native American words as fused with the places they name, and links Native American's loss of land to loss of language. ... The Last of the Mohicans is an interesting, exciting, if not over-dramatized, read. ...

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