James Fenimore Cooper

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This novelist died in 1851 & is buried about a quarter-mile walk from the Baseball Hall of Fame (James Fenimore) Cooper DD $2,800 J AMERICAN AUTHORS 2025-06-05 #9349
His 1821 novel was inspired by stories told to him by John Jay of Jay's experiences with spies during the Revolution James Fenimore Cooper FJ AMERICAN LITERATURE 2025-04-07 #9306
This novelist of the frontier died in 1851 in a village his dad founded, the future home of the Baseball Hall of Fame (James Fenimore) Cooper $1,200 DJ AMERICAN AUTHORS 2020-03-26 #8189
In 1826 he moved his young family to Europe & legally added Fenimore to his name James Fenimore Cooper $400 DJ AMERICAN AUTHORS 2014-04-16 #6818
"The Deerslayer" was the last written, but first chronologically, of his "Leatherstocking Tales" James Fenimore Cooper $200 J AMERICAN LITERATURE 2011-02-28 #6096
This author introduced Natty Bumppo in "The Pioneers" James Fenimore Cooper $800 DJ AMERICAN LIT 2009-04-06 #5666
His 5 "Leather-Stocking Tales" include "The Deerslayer" & "The Pathfinder" James Fenimore Cooper $800 DJ AMERICAN LIT 2005-11-09 #4868
Mark Twain wrote "There are 19 rules governing literary art... some say 22. In 'Deerslayer'" he "violated 18" (James Fenimore) Cooper $800 DJ AMERICAN LIT 2005-04-01 #4745
In the midst of writing his 5 Natty Bumppo tales, he paused to write a "History of the Navy of the United States" (James Fenimore) Cooper $1,200 DJ AMERICAN LITERATURE 2004-03-08 #4496
His novel "The Pioneers" has been called the "finest detailed portrait of frontier life in American literature" James Fenimore Cooper $400 DJ AMERICAN AUTHORS 2002-02-19 #4027
In his 1823 book "The Pioneers", Judge Temple was based on his father William James Fenimore Cooper $400 J AMERICAN LIT 1997-01-22 #2858
His 1840 novel "The Pathfinder" is subtitled "The Inland Sea" (James Fenimore) Cooper $400 DJ AMERICAN LITERATURE 1996-03-01 #2655
Henry March in his novel "The Deerslayer" is nicknamed Hurry Harry because he's always on the move James Fenimore Cooper $400 DJ AMERICAN LITERATURE 1996-01-29 #2631
His novel "The Prairie" is set in 1804; Natty Bumppo is in his 80s James Fenimore Cooper $200 DJ AMERICAN LITERATURE 1994-10-06 #2319
This "Deerslayer" author's first book, "Precaution", was written on a dare from his wife (James Fenimore) Cooper $600 DJ AMERICAN AUTHORS 1994-01-21 #2165
The same year his "The Last of the Mohicans" was published, he was named U.S. Consul at Lyon, France James Fenimore Cooper $200 DJ AMERICAN LITERATURE 1992-11-18 #1888
His novel "The Pathfinder" is subtitles "The Inland Sea" James Fenimore Cooper $600 DJ AMERICAN LITERATURE 1991-05-21 #1562
Cooperstown, New York was founded by his family after the American Revolution James Fenimore Cooper $200 DJ AMERICAN AUTHORS 1990-04-20 #1310
Disgusted with novels of his time, this "Deerslayer" author took up writing to show he could do better James Fenimore Cooper $200 J AMERICAN AUTHORS 1989-03-29 #1063
In his "Sketches from Switzerland" he told of Arnold von Winkelried, a national hero, not a Mohican James Fenimore Cooper $600 DJ AMERICAN LITERATURE 1986-05-02 #430
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