James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly before his death and contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society.

Books by James Fenimore Cooper

4 books available

The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper
3.7 (89k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
During the French and Indian War, two English sisters, guided by the scout Hawk-eye and the last Mohicans, travel through a dangerous wilderness, pursued by a Huron warrior, as war threatens to end an old way of life.
The Deerslayer
James Fenimore Cooper
3.7 (13k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
A young frontiersman raised by Native Americans faces tribal warfare, the ruthlessness of 'civilized' men, and a woman's will, shaping his spirit into a moral compass in the wilderness.
The Pathfinder
James Fenimore Cooper
3.9 (4k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
In the 1750s Great Lakes, legendary frontiersman Natty Bumppo guides a party through dangerous waters and shifting loyalties, as a new America struggles to define itself.
The Pioneers
James Fenimore Cooper
3.4 (3k) average on GoodreadsHistorical Fiction
On the American frontier, an old scout and a young landowner deal with clashing cultures and competing claims for the wilderness as civilization advances.