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James Fenimore Cooper Facts. Fenimore Cooper has traveled a lot in his life. Source for information on Cooper James Fenimore 1789-1851. Novelist and social critic James Fenimore Cooper 1789-1851 was the first major American writer to deal imaginatively with American life notably in his five Leather-Stocking Tales He was also a critic of the political social and religious problems of the day. James Fenimore Cooper born into a wealthy family in Burlington New Jersey was the eleventh of twelve children.
Coopers Leatherstocking hero Natty Bumppo was also the protagonist of his best-known novel The Last of the Mohicans 1826. In 1790 his father William Cooper moved the family to Cooperstown New York where James spent his youth and received his early education. In Europe he spent a total of about seven years. Rising action Magua captures Cora and Alice beginning a series of adventures for the English characters who try to rescue the women. James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington NJ on Sept. Childrens Literature Review dictionary.
He was the eleventh of 12 children.
James Fenimore Cooper was the eleventh of the twelve children born to William Cooper and Elizabeth Cooper in Burlington New Jersey. Childrens Literature Review dictionary. In 1790 his father William Cooper moved the family to Cooperstown New York where James spent his youth and received his early education. James Fenimore Cooper spent the last years of his life back in Cooperstown. The first great American novelist a man who incited provoked his contemporaries to ponder social issues that are as relevant today as they were 150 years ago had literally left his mark upon American culture her literary development. Cooper was born in Burlington NJ.