JAMES FENIMORE COOPER

James Fenimore Cooper, whose writing has evoked admiration is considered to be the first true American novelist. His most popular work, The Last of the Mohicans, has remained one of the most widely read novels throughout the world and it, along with the other four novels that make up The Leatherstocking Tales, has impacted the way many view both the American Indians and the frontier period of American history. The image of the strong and …

…to his boyhood home where he first experienced his love for the wilderness was an attempt to find peace and tranquility in a world that Cooper saw slipping away. James Fenimore Cooper died on September 14, 1851 at his home, one day before his 62nd birthday. The first great American novelist, a man who had social issues that were as relevant today as they were 150 years ago, had left his mark upon American culture & his literary development.