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With the last of his Leatherstocking novels two years behind him, James Fenimore Cooper turned to another historical period for his nove...

James Cooper (he had not yet added the " Fenimore " to his name) was not happy with his financial situation in the United Stat...

By the end of his life, James Fenimore Cooper was securely established as one of the most important writers in American history to date....

The novel Precaution was published on November 10, 1820, priced at $2 for both volumes. Its author, James Fenimore Cooper , wrote the boo...

Though he is most associated with Cooperstown, New York, James Cooper was born in Burlington, New Jersey on September 15, 1789. His family ...

"From the present state of orders we are satisfied that more will sell," wrote the editors at Carey, Lea, and Blanchard on August ...

 On April 8, 1851, the poet and critic Richard Henry Dana Sr. wrote a letter to fellow writer William Cullen Bryant . "Cooper is in to...

James Fenimore Cooper was only one day shy of his 62nd birthday when he died on September 14, 1851, likely due to liver disease. As early a...

"I could write you a better book than that myself!" shouted James Fenimore Cooper , throwing aside a now-forgotten book — or, so l...

James Fenimore Cooper died in September 1851 . Despite a slightly abrasive personality, Cooper was immediately recognized as an American li...

According to a letter by James Fenimore Cooper , The Last of the Mohicans was published by the publishing house of Carey on February 6, ...