author

James Fenimore Cooper

1789–1851

One of the first major American novelists, he helped define the adventure story with sweeping frontier tales, sea novels, and the unforgettable Leatherstocking series. His books brought early American landscapes and conflicts to readers around the world.

48 Audiobooks

The Spy

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Deerslayer

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Spy

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Prairie

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Lake Gun

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Red Rover: A Tale

by James Fenimore Cooper

Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Monikins

by James Fenimore Cooper

Precaution: A Novel

by James Fenimore Cooper

Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Bravo: A Tale

by James Fenimore Cooper

Satanstoe; Or, the Littlepage Manuscripts. A Tale of the Colony

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost Sealers

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific

by James Fenimore Cooper

Home as Found

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale

by James Fenimore Cooper

Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast

by James Fenimore Cooper

Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Headsman; Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons

by James Fenimore Cooper

Oak Openings

by James Fenimore Cooper

Der alte Trapper

by James Fenimore Cooper

Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet

by James Fenimore Cooper

Miles Wallingford

by James Fenimore Cooper

Mercedes of Castile; Or, The Voyage to Cathay

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1.

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Two Admirals

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Spy: Condensed for use in schools

by James Fenimore Cooper

A Residence in France

by James Fenimore Cooper

Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale

by James Fenimore Cooper

Kuvauksia metsäelämästä sivistyksen äärimmäisellä rajalla

by James Fenimore Cooper

The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish

by James Fenimore Cooper

Tales for Fifteen; Or, Imagination and Heart

by James Fenimore Cooper

New York

by James Fenimore Cooper

Le dernier des mohicans: Le roman de Bas-de-cuir

by James Fenimore Cooper

Recollections of Europe

by James Fenimore Cooper

Haukansilmä

by James Fenimore Cooper

Tales for Fifteen

by James Fenimore Cooper

Mehiläispyytäjä: Kertomus Lännen saloilta

by James Fenimore Cooper

Viimeinen mohikaani: Kertous vuodelta 1757

by James Fenimore Cooper

Oswego-joella: "Tienviitan" seikkailuja, intiaanikertomus

by James Fenimore Cooper

"Nuori Kotka" ja vanha metsästäjä

by James Fenimore Cooper

About the author

Born in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1789 and raised in Cooperstown, New York, he became one of the best-known writers in the young United States. He attended Yale, served in the U.S. Navy as a young man, and later turned to fiction.

He is best remembered for The Leatherstocking Tales, especially The Last of the Mohicans, which helped create a lasting image of the American frontier. He also wrote popular sea stories and historical novels, and his work made him an important early voice in American literature.

Cooper died in 1851, just one day before his 62nd birthday. His novels remain widely read for their action, vivid settings, and their powerful place in the story of how American literature found its own identity.