James Fenimore Cooper

This historical adventure with a hint of romance takes place during the American Revolution, when a man, only known as Mr. Harper, requests shelter at The Locusts during a storm. When another unknown stranger appears in want of shelter, Mr. Harper, and the Locust family, become quite suspicious...

The hero of The Pilot - modeled on John Paul Jones - leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast.....

The Last of the Mohicans is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826....

It's 1757. The fate of North America is in the hands of the French, the British, and the Native Americans. Each party weaves its warlike path in this tapestry of adventure....

James Fenimore Cooper was the most popular American writer of his day, but today he is best known for The Last of the Mohicans. A part of his Leatherstocking Tales, The Last of the Mohicans takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War, when France and England battled for control of the...

The Prairie marks the final chapter in James Fenimore Cooper’s great saga of American frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Though nearly ninety in 1804, Bumppo, now on the Great Plains, is still a competent frontiersman and trapper. Once more he is drawn into conflict with society in the form of an...

Fast-paced and suspenseful, The Last of the Mohicans follows an intrepid group of frontiersmen and Native Americans as they navigate the rugged terrain of both the landscape and their racial differences. Together they strive to deliver Colonel Munro’s two daughters to safety at Fort William...

This famous novel deals with the early frontier period of American history and is set in 1757 during the Seven Years War between the French and the British....

Set during the French and Indian Wars, The Deerslayer vividly captures the violence and rugged beauty of the American frontier. In the wilds of New York, where tensions rage between tribal Indians and white pioneers, a white hunter known as Deerslayer is initiated into the moral codes of...

The Last of the Mohicans has all the elements of a classic frontier adventure: massacres and raids, innocent settlers, hardened soldiers, renegade Indians, and a doomed love affair. It is a memorable portrait of fierce individualism and moral courage. But what draws readers and listeners again...

Cooper deftly explores the cultural and philosophical underpinnings of the American experience....

Set in upstate New York on a comfortable estate, the law-abiding family of Mr. Wharton suddenly finds the Revolutionary War at its door....

In 1757, the English and French are engaged in a savage, bloody war for control of the North American continent. Making tenuous, shifting alliances with various Indian tribes, the two European powers struggle to gain the upper hand on unfamiliar, forested battlegrounds. Caught in the middle is...

James Fenimore Cooper wrote five "leather-stocking" tales....

A gritty old woodsman thinks there are better ways to treat the great outdoors. He has great skills and is called upon for his experience....

An experienced man known as the Pathfinder helps others traverse dangerous territory on land and through the "inland sea" that is also known as Lake Ontario....

War, wilderness, adventure, and intrigue are a part of this story that takes place in the 1700s in upstate New York. French, British, and native Indian forces move about the area....

Represented here are 16 short stories by seven great American writers, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries....

It is 1757, the third year of the French and Indian War. Deep in the forests of New York State, the brave woodsman Hawkeye and his loyal Mohican friends become involved in the bloody French and Indian War. Hawkeye, a colonial scout, Chingachgook, the Mohican chief, and Uncas, his son, risk their...

The Last of the Mohicans is an epic story of romance and adventure on the American frontier. It is a story of love and loyalty and of America's coming of age. While the French and Indians besiege Fort William Henry, Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of the English commander, are on their way to...