author
James Fenimore Cooper
1789–1851
Best known for bringing the American frontier to life, this early novelist gave readers Natty Bumppo and the unforgettable world of the Leatherstocking Tales. His stories of wilderness, conflict, and adventure helped shape the idea of the American historical novel.
54 Audiobooks
Precaution: A Novel
by James Fenimore Cooper
Home as Found Sequel to "Homeward Bound"
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Red Rover: A Tale
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Bravo: A Tale
by James Fenimore Cooper
Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea
by James Fenimore Cooper
Satanstoe; Or, the Littlepage Manuscripts. A Tale of the Colony
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Wing-and-Wing; Or, Le Feu-Follet
by James Fenimore Cooper
Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Prairie
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts
by James Fenimore Cooper
Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Lake Gun
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Headsman; Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Spy
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Sea Lions; Or, The Lost Sealers
by James Fenimore Cooper
Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Deerslayer
by James Fenimore Cooper
Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
by James Fenimore Cooper
New York
by James Fenimore Cooper
Mehiläispyytäjä: Kertomus Lännen saloilta
by James Fenimore Cooper
Oak Openings
by James Fenimore Cooper
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief
by James Fenimore Cooper
Der alte Trapper
by James Fenimore Cooper
Oswego-joella: "Tienviitan" seikkailuja, intiaanikertomus
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish
by James Fenimore Cooper
A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts
by James Fenimore Cooper
Le dernier des mohicans: Le roman de Bas-de-cuir
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Two Admirals
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea
by James Fenimore Cooper
Wyandotté; Or, The Hutted Knoll: A Tale
by James Fenimore Cooper
Recollections of Europe
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Monikins
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna
by James Fenimore Cooper
Tales for Fifteen; Or, Imagination and Heart
by James Fenimore Cooper
Kuvauksia metsäelämästä sivistyksen äärimmäisellä rajalla eli Natty Bumpon elämänvaiheet
by James Fenimore Cooper
Viimeinen mohikaani: Kertous vuodelta 1757
by James Fenimore Cooper
Tales for Fifteen
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Crater; Or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific
by James Fenimore Cooper
"Nuori Kotka" ja vanha metsästäjä
by James Fenimore Cooper
Haukansilmä
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Spy: Condensed for use in schools
by James Fenimore Cooper
Mercedes of Castile; Or, The Voyage to Cathay
by James Fenimore Cooper
The Water-Witch; Or, the Skimmer of the Seas: A Tale
by James Fenimore Cooper
Gleanings in Europe : Italy, vol. 2 of 2
by James Fenimore Cooper
Gleanings in Europe : Italy, vol. 1 of 2
by James Fenimore Cooper
The ways of the hour
by James Fenimore Cooper
Gleanings in Europe : England, vol. 1 of 2
by James Fenimore Cooper
Gleanings in Europe : England, vol. 2 of 2
by James Fenimore Cooper
Gleanings in Europe : France, vol. 2 of 2
by James Fenimore Cooper
Gleanings in Europe : France, vol. 1 of 2
by James Fenimore Cooper
About the author
Born on September 15, 1789, in Burlington, New Jersey, he grew up in Cooperstown, New York, a settlement founded by his father. That mix of family privilege and life near the edge of the early American frontier would later feed directly into his fiction.
He became one of the first major novelists in the United States and found wide success with The Spy and especially the Leatherstocking Tales, the series that includes The Last of the Mohicans. Through those books, he helped define the frontier adventure story and created one of American literature's best-known figures in Natty Bumppo, also called Hawkeye.
He also wrote sea novels and social criticism, showing that his interests reached beyond backwoods adventure. Cooper died on September 14, 1851, just one day before his 62nd birthday, but his work remained central to the growth of American fiction and its sense of national identity.