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unusual facts about Last of the Mohicans



Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone

The incident is notable for inspiring the chase scene in James Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans(1826), in which Lieutenant-Colonel George Munro, the book's protagonist Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo), his adopted Mohican older brother Chingachgook, Chingachgook's son Uncas, and David Gamut follow and overtake the Huron party of Magua who had taken as captives the sisters Cora and Alice Munro.

History of Troy, New York

The tribe's disappearance from the area is the basis of James Fenimore Cooper's novel Last of the Mohicans.

John Abineri

He received an Emmy nomination for his performance as Chingachgook in the TV adaptation of Last Of The Mohicans (1971) and Hawkeye, The Pathfinder (1973).

John Whynot

He has also recorded and mixed many notable film scores, including Last of the Mohicans, which won an academy award for sound in 1993, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Ronin and Stigmata.

Ned Dowd

He had small parts in several films, the last being Bottle Rocket (1996), and has been a producer of such films as Last of the Mohicans (1992), Shanghai Noon (2000), Wonder Boys (2000), and Apocalypto (2006).


see also

The Hollywood History of the World

It was republished in 1996, adding entries on films such as Braveheart, Last of the Mohicans, and Rob Roy.