<P> Cooper began work on the novel immediately . He and his family stayed for the summer in a cottage belonging to a friend , situated on the Long Island shore of the Sound , opposite Blackwell 's Island , not far from Hallett 's Cove ( the area is now part of Astoria ) . He wrote quickly and completed the novel in the space of three or four months . He suffered a serious illness thought to have been brought on by sunstroke and , at one point , he dictated the outline of the fight between Magua and Chingachgook ( 12th chapter ) , to his wife , who thought that he was delirious . </P>
<P> Cooper began work on the novel immediately . He and his family stayed for the summer in a cottage belonging to a friend , situated on the Long Island shore of the Sound , opposite Blackwell 's Island , not far from Hallett 's Cove ( the area is now part of Astoria ) . He wrote quickly and completed the novel in the space of three or four months . He suffered a serious illness thought to have been brought on by sunstroke and , at one point , he dictated the outline of the fight between Magua and Chingachgook ( 12th chapter ) , to his wife , who thought that he was delirious . </P>
where was the last of the mohicans written
where was the last of the mohicans written
Long Island shore of the Sound , opposite Blackwell 's Island
Long Island shore of the Sound , opposite Blackwell 's Island