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The Leatherstocking Tales
The ''Leatherstocking Tales'' is a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper, set in the eighteenth-century era of development in the primarily former Iroquois areas in central New York. Each novel features Natty Bumppo, a frontiersman known to European-American settlers as "Leatherstocking", "The Pathfinder", and "the trapper". Native Americans call him "Deerslayer", "''La Longue Carabine''" ("Long Rifle" in French), and "Hawkeye". Publication history The story dates are derived from dates given in the tales and span the period roughly of 1740–1806. They do not necessarily correspond with the actual dates of the historical events described in the series, which discrepancies Cooper likely introduced for the sake of convenience. For instance, Cooper manipulated time to avoid making Leatherstocking 100 years old when he traveled to the Kansas plains in ''The Prairie''. The Natty Bumppo character is generally believed to be inspired, at least in part, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native Americans In The United States
Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United States are generally known by other terms). There are 574 federally recognized tribes living within the US, about half of which are associated with Indian reservations. As defined by the United States Census, "Native Americans" are Indigenous tribes that are originally from the contiguous United States, along with Alaska Natives. Indigenous peoples of the United States who are not listed as American Indian or Alaska Native include Native Hawaiians, Samoan Americans, and the Chamorro people. The US Census groups these peoples as " Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders". European colonization of the Americas, which began in 1492, resulted in a precipitous decline in Native American population because of new diseases, wars, ethni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pathfinder (1996 Film)
''The Pathfinder'' is a 1996 American television film based on the 1840 novel '' The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea'' by James Fenimore Cooper. It stars Kevin Dillon as Pathfinder and Laurie Holden as Mabel Dunham. The film is known as ''La Légende de Pathfinder'' in Canada (French title) and ''Le Lac Ontario'' in France. Cast * Kevin Dillon ... Pathfinder/Hawkeye * Laurie Holden ... Mabel Dunham * Graham Greene .... Chingachgook * Stacy Keach ... Compte du Leon * Russell Means ... Arrowhead * Charles Edwin Powell ... Lt. Zale * Charlotte Sullivan ... May * Jaimz Woolvett ... Jasper Weston * Christian Laurin ... Capt. Sanglier * Ralph Kussman Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ... ... Guard on Ship External links * 1996 films Films set in the 18th century Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Of The Mohicans (1992 Film)
''The Last of the Mohicans'' is a 1992 American epic historical drama film set in 1757 during the French and Indian War. It was directed by Michael Mann and was based on the 1826 novel ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' by James Fenimore Cooper and the 1936 film adaptation, owing more to the film than the novel. The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Madeleine Stowe, with Jodhi May, Russell Means, Wes Studi, Eric Schweig, and Steven Waddington in supporting roles. The soundtrack features music by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman, and the song "I Will Find You" by Clannad. The main theme of the film is taken from the tune "The Gael" by Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean. Released in the United States on September 25, 1992, ''The Last of the Mohicans'' was met with positive reviews and commercial success during its box-office run. It won the Academy Award for Best Sound, the only Oscar won so far by a film directed by Mann. Day-Lewis received his second nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gojko Mitić
Gojko Mitić ( sr-Cyrl, Гојко Митић; born June 13, 1940) is a German-Serbian actor and director. He gained great popularity in the GDR as the leading actor in historical and fictional Indian personalities in numerous DEFA Indian films. His popularity may be recognizable from the fact that both in the GDR and later in the Federal Republic of Germany attempts were made to attach labels to him: "DEFA bosses" on the one hand, "Winnetou of the East" on the other. However, Gojko Mitić never portrayed the latter role in a film (although he did later at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg). This Winnetou formulation refers more to the popularity of Gojko Mitić compared to the actor of the role from the West, the Frenchman Pierre Brice. According to Gojko Mitić, he speaks all Slavic languages, German, a little Italian and English. Life Mitić comes from a farming family in the village of Strojkovce near Leskovac (at the time Kingdom of Yugoslavia, today Serbia), on the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state was a part of the Eastern Bloc in the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state".Patrick Major, Jonathan Osmond, ''The Workers' and Peasants' State: Communism and Society in East Germany Under Ulbricht 1945–71'', Manchester University Press, 2002, Its territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the end of World War II—the Soviet occupation zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the Oder–Neisse line. The Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it and West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the GDR. Most scholars and academics describe the GDR as a totalitarian dictatorship. The GDR was establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chingachgook, Die Große Schlange
''Chingachgook, die große Schlange'' is an East German Western film. It was released in 1967, and sold 5,077,070 tickets. The title translates to Chingachgook, the Great Serpent, and starred Gojko Mitić Gojko Mitić ( sr-Cyrl, Гојко Митић; born June 13, 1940) is a German-Serbian actor and director. He gained great popularity in the GDR as the leading actor in historical and fictional Indian personalities in numerous DEFA Indian films. ... as Chingachgook. Plot Cast References External links * 1967 films 1967 Western (genre) films East German films Films based on works by James Fenimore Cooper Films shot in Bulgaria 1960s German-language films German Western (genre) films Ostern films Films directed by Richard Groschopp Films set in the 1740s 1960s German films {{1960s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leatherstocking (serial)
''Leatherstocking'' is a 1924 American silent Western film serial directed by George B. Seitz. Cast Chapter titles # The Warpath # The Secret Trail # The Hawk's Eyes # The Paleface Law # Ransom # The Betrayal # Rivenoak's Revenge # Out of the Storm # The Panther # Mingo Torture See also * List of film serials * List of film serials by studio This is a list of film serials by studio, separated into those released by each of the five major studios, and the remaining minor studios. The five major studios produced the greater number of serials. Of these the main studios are consider ... References External links * 1924 films 1924 lost films 1924 Western (genre) films American silent serial films American black-and-white films Films based on works by James Fenimore Cooper Films directed by George B. Seitz Lost Western (genre) films Pathé Exchange film serials Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bela Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic ''Dracula'', Ygor in ''Son of Frankenstein'' (1939) and his roles in many other horror films from 1931 through 1956. Lugosi began acting on the Hungarian stage in 1902. After playing in 172 different productions in his native Hungary, Lugosi moved on to appearing in Hungarian silent films in 1917. He had to suddenly emigrate to Germany after the failed Hungarian Communist Revolution of 1919 because of his former socialist activities (organizing a stage actors' union), leaving his first wife in the process. He acted in several films in Weimar Germany, before arriving in New Orleans as a seaman on a merchant ship, then making his way north to New York City and Ellis Island. In 1927, he starred as Count Dracula in a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Deerslayer And Chingachgook
''The Deerslayer and Chingachgook'' (german: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook) is the feature-length first part of the two-part 1920 German silent Western film ''Lederstrumpf'' (''Leatherstocking''), directed by Arthur Wellin and featuring Bela Lugosi. It is based on the 1841 novel ''The Deerslayer'' by James Fenimore Cooper. The second part is called ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (''Der Letzte der Mohikaner''). Cast * Emil Mamelok as Deerslayer * Herta Heden as Judith Hutter * Bela Lugosi as Chingachgook * Gottfried Kraus as Tom Hutter * Edward Eyseneck as Worley * Margot Sokolowska as Wah-ta-Wah * Frau Rehberger as Judith Hutter * Willy Schroeder as Hartherz * Herr Söhnlein as Col. Munro * Heddy Sven as Cora Munro * Frau Wenkhaus as Alice Munro See also * Bela Lugosi filmography * List of rediscovered films This is a list of rediscovered films that, once thought lost, have since been discovered, in whole or in part. See List of incomplete or partially lost films and List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uncas
Uncas () was a ''sachem'' of the Mohegans who made the Mohegans the leading regional Indian tribe in lower Connecticut, through his alliance with the New England colonists against other Indian tribes. Early life and family Uncas was born near the Thames River in present-day Connecticut, the son of the Mohegan sachem ''Owaneco''. ''Uncas'' is a variant of the Mohegan term ''Wonkus'', meaning "Fox". He was a descendant of the principal sachems of the Mohegans, Pequots, and Narragansetts. Owaneco presided over the village known as ''Montonesuck''. Uncas was bilingual, learning Mohegan and some English, and possibly some Dutch. In 1626, Owaneco arranged for Uncas to marry the daughter of the principal Pequot sachem Tatobem to secure an alliance with them. Owaneco died shortly after this marriage, and Uncas had to submit to Tatobem's authority. Tatobem was captured and killed by the Dutch in 1633; Sassacus became his successor, but Uncas felt that he deserved to be sachem. Owan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magua
Magua is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1826 novel ''The Last of the Mohicans'' by James Fenimore Cooper. This historical novel is set at the time of the French and Indian War. A Wyandot people, Huron Native Americans in the United States, Indian Tribal chief, chief, he is also known by the French alias "Le Renard Subtil" ("The Wily Fox"). Magua is the enemy of Lieutenant-Colonel George Monro, Colonel Munro, the commandant of Fort William Henry, and attempts on several occasions to abduct the colonel's daughters, Cora and Alice. He also assists the French leader, the Marquis de Montcalm, in Battle of Fort William Henry, his attack on the fort. Magua reveals how his life was shattered by being abducted himself by the Mohawks, the traditional enemies of the Wyandot people, Huron. His life was spared and he was adopted into the tribe. During his time with the Mohawks, Magua met up with Colonel Munro, who punished him by tying him to a whipping-post for drinking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
