He is best known for his historical novel the last of the mohicans, one of the leatherstocking tales stories, and he also wrote political fiction, maritime fiction, travelogues, and essays on the american politics of the time. They include the pioneers 1823, the last of the mohicans 1826, the prairie 1827, the pathfinder. Each novel features natty bumppo, a frontiersman known to europeanamerican settlers as leatherstocking, the pathfinder, and the trapper. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. James fenimore cooper was a popular american author. His most popular work, the last of the mohicans, has remained one of the most widely read novels throughout the world, greatly influencing the way many cultures have viewed both the american indians and the frontier period of u. Many of his novels were influenced by the years he spent in the u. Books james fenimore cooper for sale in stock ebay.
Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. James fenimore cooper was a popular and prolific american writer. Browse james fenimore cooper s bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. James fenimore cooper audio books, best sellers, author. James fenimore cooper author of the last of the mohicans. He was a prolific writer producing something almost every year from 1820 until his death in 1851. James fenimore cooper books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography.
Hardcover james fenimore cooper books for sale in stock. Great deals on hardcover james fenimore cooper books. These books tell the sequential story of what could best be called a guy of nature. The deerslayer, the last of the mohicans, the pathfinder, the pioneers, and the meadow. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in cooperstown, new york, which was founded by his. The deerslayer bantam classics by cooper, james fenimore and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. James fenimore cooper the last of the mohicans audiobook. Cooper was born in burlington, new jersey in 1789 to elizabeth and william cooper.
Illustrated james fenimore cooper books for sale ebay. 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 september 15, 1789 september 14, 1851 was an american writer of the first half of the 19th century. Born in new jersey, cooper lived most of his life in cooperstown, a community founded by and named after his father, in a newlysettled region of new york.
Born in 1789 in new jersey, he became part of the romantic literary movement. 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. The leatherstocking tales is a series of five novels by american writer james fenimore cooper, set in the eighteenth century era of development in the primarily former iroquois areas in central new york. James fenimore cooper has 1016 books on goodreads with 207852 ratings. James fenimore cooper s most popular book is the last of the mohicans the leather. James fenimore cooper 17891851 was a highly prolific and popular american writer of the first part of the 19th century. James fenimore cooper is considered by many to be americas first great novelist. His daughter susan fenimore cooper was also a writer. James fenimore cooper books list of books by author.
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