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James fenimore cooper james fenimore cooper, fenimore cooper, jane morgan, j. James fenimore cooper is considered by many to be americas first great novelist. James fenimore cooper was an american fiction author known for being one of the most prolific authors of his time and foremost exponents of romanticism. James fenimore cooper not just your grandpas favorite author. First published in 1841, the deerslayer was the last of james fenimore cooper s leatherstocking tales to be written. Cooper s father was the most prominent citizen of the town. Volume one is kept in print by a gift to the guardians of american letters fund from ronald p. James fenimore cooper was a popular american author.
They include the pioneers 1823, the last of the mohicans 1826, the prairie 1827, the pathfinder. When he was one year old, his family moved to cooperstown, n. They include the pioneers 1823, the last of the mohicans. Favorite writer of generations of americans, cooper was born on tuesday, september 15th, 1789, and grew up on his familys huge wooded settlement, in cooperstown, new york, which his father, william cooper, a prominent federalist, had founded before this sons birth. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books. The novels constitute a saga of 18thcentury life among indians and white pioneers on the new york state frontier through their portrayal of the adventures of the main character, natty bumppo, who takes on various names throughout the series the books cover. Cooper crafted a unique form of literature writing historical romances about frontier and indian life. James fenimore cooper the creator of two genres that became staples of american literature the sea romance and the frontier adventure james fenimore cooper 17891851 was born in new jersey, raised in the wilderness of new york, and spent five years at sea before embarking on his successful writing career. Cooper was born in burlington, new jersey in 1789 to elizabeth and william cooper. James fenimore cooper 17891851 was a prolific american writer who spent most of his life in cooperstown, new york, near a lake surrounded by the iroquois of the six nations. James fenimore cooper, first major american novelist, author of the novels of frontier adventure known as the leatherstocking tales, featuring the wilderness scout called natty bumppo, or hawkeye.
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