James Fenimore Cooper was a popular and prolific American writer. He is best known for his historical novel The Last of the Mohicans, one of the Leatherstocking Tales stories, and he also wrote political fiction, maritime fiction, travelogues, and essays on the American politics of the time. His daughter Susan Fenimore Cooper was also a writer.Series:* The Leatherstocking Tales* The Littlepage Manuscripts* Afloat and Ashore* Homeward Bound
years of life: 15 September 1789 – 14 September 1851
