Oak Openings

James Fenimore Cooper was a 19th century writer known for his historical romances and stories of the sea. His Leatherstocking tales including the novel The Last of the Mohicans are his best-known works. Oak Openings is set in 1812 on the prairie of Michigan. Four men meet two of whom are Indians. They help the beekeeper gather honey. At dinner one of the men tells of the start of the war. When the two white men start back to the settlement with the honey they find one of the Indians shot and scalped. From this point the novel is full of adventure and action.