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James Fenimore Cooper

Born: 09/15/1789   Burlington
Died: 09/14/1851
Parents: William and Elizabeth Cooper
Spouse: Susan Augusta de Lancey
Children: seven

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Oak Openings, or the Bee-Hunter
- Picture of Indian life in the primeval forests of southern Michigan 		Fiction , Michigan History Adult New York: Stringer 1852
The Crater, or, Vulcan's Peak: a Tale of the Pacific Fiction Adult New York: Stringer 1847
Afloat and Ashore: a Sea Tale Fiction Adult New York : Hurd and Houghton 1844
The Deerslayer, or, the First War-Path: a Tale
- First of the Leatherstocking Tales 		Fiction Adult Philadelphia : Carey, Lea and Blanchard 1841
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
- Leatherstocking Tales 		Fiction Adult Philadelphia : Carey, Lea and Blanchard 1840
The Bravo: a Tale Fiction Adult Philadelphia : Carey, Lea and Blanchard 1839
The History of the Navy of the United States of America
- 2 Vols. 		History Adult Philadelphia : Lea & Blanchard 1839
Eve Effingham: or, Home Fiction Adult London : R. Bentley 1838
Gleanings in Europe Non Fiction , Travel Adult Philadelphia : Carey, Lea and Blanchard 1838
The Chronicles of Cooperstown History Adult Cooperstown [New York] H. & E. Phinney 1838
The Water-Witch, or, the Skimmer of the Seas: a Tale Fiction Adult New York: Stringer & Townsend 1831 -1856
The Borderers or, The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish Fiction Adult Philadelphia : Carey, Lea and Blanchard 1829
The Red Rover Fiction Adult Philadelphia : Carey, Lea and Blanchard 1828
The Prairie
- Leatherstocking Tales 		Fiction Adult London : H. Colburn, 1827 (Shackell and Baylis) 1827
The Last of the Mohicans
- Leatherstocking Tales 		Fiction Adult Philadelphia : Carey, Lea and Blanchard 1826
Lionel Lincoln: or, the Leaguer of Boston
- Legends of the thirteen republics 		Historical Fiction Adult Paris: A. and W. Galignani 1825
The Pilot: a Tale of the Sea Fiction Adult New York : C. Wiley 1823
The Pioneers; or the Sources of the Susquehanna: a Descriptive Tale
- Leatherstocking Tales 		Fiction Adult New York: Charles Wiley 1823
The Spy: a Tale of the Neutral Ground Fiction Adult New York : Wiley & Halstead 1821
Precaution Fiction Adult New York : A.T. Goodrich & Company 1820
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Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
Honorary degree, Columbia College

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd. ed. 1993
American Authors 1600-1900
American Authors and Books
American Biographies
American Writers
Dictionary of American Authors
Dictionary of American Biography
Dictionary of English Authors
National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Reader's Adviser
Reader's Encyclopedia
Who Was Who in America
Who Was Who of Children's Literature

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
- Expelled for misbehavior. Yale University 1803 -1805
Tutored Household of a rector Albany , NY 1800 -1802
Village school Cooperstown , NY

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
- Returned to Cooperstown and reopened his ancestral home, Otsego Hall. 1834
- Lived in Europe, 1826-1833 1826 -1833
Settled as country squire
- Married at 21, after resigning commission in the U.S. Navy, 1811, began writing as challenge from his wife 		1811
Served as midshipman 1808
Prepared for the navy 1806

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