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Uncas: First of the Mohegans.(Book review)
From: Canadian Journal of History
Date: 20051201
Author:Carpenter, Roger M.
Uncas: First of the Mohegans, by Michael Leroy Oberg. Ithaca, New York, Cornell University Press, 2003. ix, 268 pp. $27.50 US (cloth).
The mention of the name "Uncas" generally conjures up the fictional character from James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans. Cleverly playing on Cooper's title, Michael Leroy Oberg introduces the reader to the historical Uncas, who, as the title indicates, was not the last of his people. As both a literary and historical figure, Uncas has acquired two different, divergent reputations. Most of the general public think of Uncas in the ...
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