James Fenimore Cooper
15 September 1789 – 14 September 1851
1,669 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
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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Also published as: James Fenimore Cooper, James Fenimore Pickering, James H. Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Cooper, James Cooper Fenimore, James Fenimore] [Cooper, Cooper, James Fenimore
Most-read books
The Last of the Mohicans
3.6 · 1826 · 221 want to read
The spy
3.3 · 1821 · 44 want to read
The water-witch
2.5 · 1830 · 54 want to read
The pioneers
3.7 · 1800 · 41 want to read
The deerslayer
4 · 1841 · 40 want to read
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The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
4 · 1952 · 44 want to read
The Pathfinder
4.2 · 1800 · 34 want to read
The Prairie
5 · 1800 · 20 want to read
Sea Tales
2 · 1823 · 19 want to read
The Wept of Wish-ton-wish: A Tale
3.7 · 1829 · 16 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience
1989 · 20 want to read
The Red Rover
4 · 1827 · 10 want to read
The Wing-and-wing: Or, Le Feu-follet. A Tale
5 · 1800 · 9 want to read
Words of Ages
2000 · 9 want to read
Dominoes: Level 3
4 · 2003 · 7 want to read
Precaution
3 · 1800 · 8 want to read
The bravo
3 · 1831 · 6 want to read
The Last of the Mohicans (Great Illustrated Classics)
3 · 1979 · 6 want to read
Jack Tier or the Florida Reef
1800 · 6 want to read
The American democrat, or, Hints on the social and civic relations of the United States of America
1838 · 4 want to read
The Crater Or Vulcan's Peak
1800 · 4 want to read
Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers--Volume Nine
1968 · 4 want to read
The Heidenmauer (The heathens' wall); or the Benedictines
1832 · 4 want to read
Satanstoe ; or, The littlepage manuscripts, a tale of the colony
1845 · 3 want to read