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In his great novel ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1826), [[James Fenimore Cooper]] used a historical setting and relied heavily on historical documents. Cooper's fiction strayed little from his sources on historical incidents in 1757 during the French and Indian War. He simply invented some contextual features. Cooper resorted to artistic judgments when his sources were inadequate, but his porytrayals were highly realistic.<ref> Ian K. Steele, "Cooper and Clio: The Sources for 'A Narrative Of 1757.'" ''Canadian Review Of American Studies'' 1989 20(3): 121-135. </ref>
In his great novel ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1826), [[James Fenimore Cooper]] used a historical setting and relied heavily on historical documents. Cooper's fiction strayed little from his sources on historical incidents in 1757 during the French and Indian War. He simply invented some contextual features. Cooper resorted to artistic judgments when his sources were inadequate, but his porytrayals were highly realistic.<ref> Ian K. Steele, "Cooper and Clio: The Sources for 'A Narrative Of 1757.'" ''Canadian Review Of American Studies'' 1989 20(3): 121-135. </ref>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCESubjects&Params=A1''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (2008)] good short articles
* [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ ''The Dictionary of Canadian Biography''](1966-2006), scholarly biographies of every major British and Canadian participant
* Anderson, Fred. ''Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766'' (2000), 887pp; the standard scholarly study [http://www.amazon.com/Crucible-War-British-America-1754-1766/dp/0375706364/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237018499&sr=8-16 excerpt and text search]
* Anderson, Fred. ''Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766'' (2000), 887pp; the standard scholarly study [http://www.amazon.com/Crucible-War-British-America-1754-1766/dp/0375706364/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237018499&sr=8-16 excerpt and text search]
** Anderson, Fred. ''The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War'' (2006), abridged edition [http://www.amazon.com/War-That-Made-America-History/dp/0143038044/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237018499&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search], a good starting point
** Anderson, Fred. ''The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War'' (2006), abridged edition [http://www.amazon.com/War-That-Made-America-History/dp/0143038044/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237018499&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search], a good starting point