The last of the Mohicans, Moby-Dick, and the Maori Sanborn, Geoffrey. creator text nyu New York Oxford Oxford University Press 2011 monographic eng

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1 online resource. Through careful historical research, Geoffrey Sanborn reveals how both James Fenimore Cooper and Herman Melville relied heavily on contemporary accounts of the indigenous natives of New Zealand, the Maori, to develop the iconic characters they created in The Last of the Mohicans and Moby-Dick. specialized Geoffrey Sanborn. Includes bibliographical references and index. Cooper, James Fenimore 1789-1851 Sources Cooper, James Fenimore 1789-1851 Characters Magua Cooper, James Fenimore 1789-1851 Knowledge New Zealand Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Sources Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Characters Queequeg Melville, Herman 1819-1891 Knowledge New Zealand Maori (New Zealand people) in literature PS1408 813.2 9780199894819 (ebook) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199751693.001.0001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199751693.001.0001 StDuBDS 110509 20150804193950.0 EDZ0000077252