James Fenimore Cooper
Posted by Tel on August 15, 2009
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)
American Novelist
James Fenimore Cooper is regarded as America’s first major novelist. Famous with his classic book, The Last of the Mohicans, he is best known for his sea adventure stories and the American frontier type of novels.
Early Life of James F. Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15, 1789 in New Jersey, the son of a wealthy businessman and politician, grew up in Cooperstown, New York, a frontier town his father had founded. He was expelled from Yale University and went to sea before becoming a gentleman farmer.
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