The Classic American Short Story MEGAPACK ® (Volume 1). Эдгар Аллан По

COOPER

      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.