Shortly after James' first birthday, his family moved to Cooperstown, New York, a community founded by his father on a large piece of land which he had bought for development. James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1789 to William Cooper and Elizabeth (Fenimore) Cooper, the eleventh of 12 children, half of whom died during infancy or childhood. Throughout his career, he published numerous social, political, and historical works of fiction and non-fiction with the objective of countering European prejudices and nurturing an original American art and culture. Among his more famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece. Navy have been well received among naval historians, but they were sometimes criticized by his contemporaries. His best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period, written between 18, known as the Leatherstocking Tales, which introduced the iconic American frontier scout, Natty Bumppo. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about espionage set during the American Revolutionary War and published in 1821. Navy as a midshipman, where he learned the technology of managing sailing vessels which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. Īfter a stint on a commercial voyage, Cooper served in the U.S. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly before his death and contributed generously to it. 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. James Fenimore Cooper (Septem– September 14, 1851) 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.
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