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James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

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American writer (1789–1851)

Born 15 September 1789
Died 14 September 1851

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  • Cover of: Cooper's The last of the Mohicans
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  • Cover of: The deerslayer or the first warpath
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  • Cover of: The Pathfinder; or, The inland sea, by the author of 'The pioneers'.
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  • Cover of: The prairie: a tale
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  • Cover of: The Pioneers, Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna
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  • Cover of: The spy: A tale of the Neutral Ground [Abridged]
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  • Cover of: The pilot: a tale of the sea
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  • Cover of: The wept of Wish-ton-wish.
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  • Cover of: The water witch, or, The skimmer of the seas: tale
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  • Cover of: The Wing-and-wing
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  • Cover of: The Red rover, by the author of 'The spy'. Revised
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  • Cover of: Precaution, by the author of the 'Spy'.
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  • Cover of: Afloat and Ashore; Or, The Adventures of Miles Wallingford
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  • Cover of: The Bravo: A Venetian Story
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  • Cover of: Satanstoe: or, The Littlepage manuscripts
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  • Cover of: Home as found
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  • Cover of: The two admirals: a tale of the sea
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  • Cover of: Jack Tier
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  • Cover of: The Heidenmauer; or, The Benedictines by the author of 'The pilot'.
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  • Cover of: The Crater: A Tale of the Pacific
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American writer (1789–1851)

Born 15 September 1789
Died 14 September 1851

Subjects

Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, general, Historical fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Classic Literature, Description and travel, American literature, Indians of North America, Frontier and pioneer life, Juvenile fiction, Natty Bumppo (Fictitious character), Social life and customs, Cooper, james fenimore, 1789-1851, Indians of north america, fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, war & military, Histoire, Romans, nouvelles, Mohegan Indians, Travel, Bumppo, natty (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, historical, Antirent War, N.Y., 1839-1846

Places

United States, New York (State), England, Florida, Switzerland, Cooperstown (N.Y.), France, Italy, Massachusetts, New York (État), West (U.S.), Alabama, Boston, Boston (Mass.), Europe, Fountain of Youth, London (England), Missouri, New England, Otsego County (N.Y.), Owl Creek Bridge, Saint Louis, États-Unis, America, Andover

People

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), Natty Bumppo (Fictitious character), Alexander Slidell Mackenzie (1803-1848), Amanda Wingfield, Colonel Killigrew, Devil, Dr. Heidegger, Jesse D. Elliott (1782-1845), Jim O'Connor, Laura Wingfield, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Medbourne, Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819), Peyton Farquhar, Sylvia Ward, Tom Wingfield, Tristam Burges (1770-1853), Widow Wycherley, William Alexander Duer (1780-1858), Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop

Time

19th century, Revolution, 1775-1783, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, French and Indian War, 1754-1763, French and Indian War, 1755-1763, 1775-1865, To 1848, 1783-1865, 1801-1860, 1861-1865, 18th century, 19th Century, American Civil War, Revolution, War of 1812, 1600s, 1692, 1754-1763 (Guerre de Sept Ans), 1775-1783 (Révolution), 1783-1848, 1801, 1829-1837, 1846, 1861-65, 1870s

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  • James Fenimore Cooper
  • James Fenimore Pickering, James H. Cooper
  • James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Cooper
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February 11, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Remove bad AKAs (illustrators, translators, editors)
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