James Fenimore Cooper Biography
- From privilege to poverty
- "I could write a better book than that myself"
- The Leatherstocking Tales
- The Noble Savage
- Cooper's legacy
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Born September 15, 1789
Burlington, New Jersey
Died September 14, 1851
Cooperstown, New York
Writer
James Fenimore Cooper introduced the themes of the frontier, white/Indian conflict, and America's westward expansion as proper subjects for literary works. Perhaps even more importantly, he began to shape the romantic idea of the American West.
James Fenimore Cooper was a pioneer of American literature and the first writer to popularize...
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