Episode 102: The Last of the Mohicans

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts125/v4/aa/cb/d4/aacbd41a-7dab-01ec-3c4a-136e94354898/mza_16617627418838981359.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

Better Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective

Better Read

109 episodes

5 days ago

Three jerky socialists talk about books you've probably heard of. With Megan Tusler, Tristan Schweiger, and Katie K.

Books

Arts

RSS

All content for Better Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective is the property of Better Read and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Three jerky socialists talk about books you've probably heard of. With Megan Tusler, Tristan Schweiger, and Katie K.

Books

Arts

https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2015868/2015868-1562689835919-29168086e4f78.jpg

Episode 102: The Last of the Mohicans

Better Read than Dead: Literature from a Left Perspective

1 hour 31 minutes 40 seconds

3 years ago

Episode 102: The Last of the Mohicans

We are back and bringing you The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper’s 1826 historical novel about stepping on twigs and tricking your friends by following them around in a bear costume. We chat about race, the novel's politics, and how an adult man could get tricked by a bunch of beavers. And the French and Indian War!

We read the Penguin Classics version with introduction by Richard Slotkin. For more on this novel, we highly recommend Sarah Rivett’s chapter in Unscripted America (2017) “Indiginous Metaphors in Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales.” For some fun, we suggest Mark Twain's 1895 gem, "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses."

Find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @betterreadpod, and email us nice things at betterreadpodcast@gmail.com. Find Tristan on Twitter @tjschweiger, Katie @katiekrywo, and Megan @tuslersaurus.