James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel [The Last of the Mohicans][1], often regarded as his masterpiece.
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[1]: openlibrary.org/works/OL77958W/The_last_of_the_Mohicans [2]: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fenimore_Cooper