Muni; Life and Works; James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans".

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Collection
Muni
Series
Life and Works
Episode
James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans".
Producing Organization
WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Contributing Organization
WNYC (New York, New York)
AAPB ID
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Description
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Adaptation by Edward Goldberger. Directed by Mitchell Grayson. "Cooper's Life" by Louis H. Horowitz. Cast: Walter Black, Sylvia Lee, Jean Logan, Ralph Smiley, Harry Gordon, Nathan Ackerman, Lou Daniels, Edwin Clay, Elise Worth, Shelly Howe, and (?) Smith. Guest commentator Warren Bauer. Track 1-3: 1757 England and France are at war over America. A small party with an Indian guide in upstate New York. (Track 1 00:04:20 to 00:4:30 skipping) Characters include Colonel Munro, Major Heyward, Alice, Cora, Gamut, Magua, Hawkeye. Track 3-4 Starting at 00:09:36 of track 3: Dramatization of life of the author, James Fenimore Cooper. On the wagon train, his mother and father are talking. She hopes her son does not inherit wanderlust of his father. They settle and name it Cooperstown. From a settlement of wagons to village of log cabins, forest, panthers, wolves and bears. At age 17, he talks to his father about wanting to go to Yale. Left early and went to New York and finished school with a Master's degree at Columbia University. Decides to become a sailor. Returns to United States from a trip and joins the Navy. Stationed in Oswego, Lake Ontario and Lake Champlain. These locations gave him background for his future novels. At Champlain, met his wife, resigned and moved to Westchester. Wrote several books. His fame spread through United States, Great Britain, and finally Europe.
Genres
Drama
Rights
Owner/Custodial History: Municipal Archives; Terms of Use & Repro: PUBLIC DOMAIN
Media type
Sound
Credits
Producing Organization: WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Writer: Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 8934.1 (WNYC Media Archive MDB)
Format: 1/4 inch audio tape
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:44:30
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 8934.2 (WNYC Media Archive MDB)
Format: Data CD
Generation: Copy: Access
Duration: 00:44:30
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 8934.3 (WNYC Media Archive MDB)
Format: Data CD
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:44:30
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 8934.4 (WNYC Media Archive MDB)
Format: Data CD
Generation: Copy: Access
Duration: 00:44:30
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 8934.5 (WNYC Media Archive Label)
Format: application/pdf
Color: B&W
WNYC-FM
Identifier: 8934.6 (WNYC Media Archive Label)
Format: audio/vnd.wave
Generation: Dub
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Citations
Chicago: “Muni; Life and Works; James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans".,” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 10, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-88qc0f39.
MLA: “Muni; Life and Works; James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans"..” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 10, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-88qc0f39>.
APA: Muni; Life and Works; James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans".. Boston, MA: WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-88qc0f39