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Synopsis
James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century whose historical romances depicting frontier and Native American life from the 17th-19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived for much of his boyhood, and the last 15 years of his life, in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father. He was enrolled at Yale University aged 13 but, following a series of pranks, was expelled in his third year without completing his degree. In 1806 he found work as a sailor and at 17 joined the crew of a merchant vessel. By 1811 he had obtained the rank of midshipman in the fledgling US Navy, having married in January that year at 21. The Coopers had seven children, five of whom survived to adulthood. Having decided to try his hand at writing fiction, in 1820 he published his first novel, Precaution, anonymously. Whilst this first work was a tale of morals and manners, his second, The Spy (1821), was an action adventure centring on spying and skirmishing between US and British forces. It became the first bestseller at home and abroad to be written by an American, requiring several reprintings to satisfy demand. This success spurred him on to write The Pioneers (1823), the firstof his Leatherstocking series featuring an inter-racial friendship between Natty Bumppo, a resourceful American woodsman, and Chief Chingachgook of the Delaware Indians. Bumppo was also the hero of Cooper's most famous novel, The Last of the Mohicans (1826). Throughout his career Cooper published numerous social, political, and historical works of fiction and non-fiction with the objective of countering European prejudices and nurturing an original American art and culture, and he became one of the most popular 19th-century American authors, his work greatly admired worldwide. The Bravo (1831) is set in Venice, and was inspired by Cooper's trip to Europe where he travelled through much of Italy. It is the first of three novels with a European setting, the others being The Heidenmauer (1832) and The Headsman (1833), and focuses largely on political themes, particularly the tensions between the social elite and other classes.
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James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.
About the Author
Geboren am 15.09.1789 in Burlington, New Jersey, gestorben am 14.09.1851 in Cooperstown. Cooper war das 12. Kind des Landbesitzers William Cooper, dem Begrüder von Cooperstown am Otsego-See im Bundeststaat New York. Er besuchte ab 1803 das Yale College, war von 1806-1807 bei der Handelsmarine und von 1808-1810 bei der Kreigsmarine. Mit seiner Heirat 1811 endete seine nautische Karrierre, wenig später begann er seine schriftstellerische Laufbahn.
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