James Fenimore Cooper
/ˌdʒeɪmz ˌfenɪmɔː ˈkuːpə(r)/
/ˌdʒeɪmz ˌfenɪmɔːr ˈkuːpər/
- (1789-1851) the first major US writer of novels. He wrote mostly about frontiersmen and native North Americans. His best-known books include The Last of the Mohicans (1826) and The Deerslayer (1841). He also wrote novels about sailors and histories of the US Navy.
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James Fenimore Cooper