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A novel of manners set in the drawing rooms, ballrooms, and Wall Street offices in 1830s New York, dramatizing conflicts that we are still grappling with nearly two hundred years later.

About the author

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, which was founded by his father William on property that he owned. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and, in his later years, contributed generously to it.

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. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War and published in 1821. He also wrote numerous sea stories and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians, Cooper's works on the early U.S. Navy have been well received, but they were sometimes criticized by his contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.

Product details

• Authors: James Fenimore Cooper, James Fenimore/ Arch Cooper
• Assisted by: Arch Stephen Carl (Introduction)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781438485362
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-8536-2
• No. of pages: 614
• Series: Writings of James Fenimore Coo; The Writings of James Fenimore Cooper
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, FICTION / Historical / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Literature: history and criticism, Classic fiction: general and literary