They include The Pioneers (1823), The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1827), The Pathfinder The genealogy William Fenimore 1834-1917 by Jeni Ferdin (1978) gives 1774 as the year of the marriage. Hotels near James Fenimore Cooper House: (0.32 mi) The Lily Inn (3.42 mi) Motel 6 Levittown - Bensalem (3.89 mi) Best Western Burlington Inn (4.02 mi) Hilton Garden Inn Mount Holly/Westampton (2.45 mi) Budget Inn Burlington; View all hotels near James Fenimore Cooper House on Tripadvisor He created the character of Natty Bumpo, the archetypal American frontiersman. Cooper was born in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1789, the 11th of 12 children. : 1960, v. … He settled in Paris in 1826 and remained in Europe for almost eight years. Three of the greatest American artists ever—sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, … He … James Fenimore Cooper, first major American novelist, author of the novels of frontier adventure known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring the wilderness scout called Natty Bumppo, or Hawkeye. In his bestselling new group biography, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, David McCullough devotes an entire chapter to the remarkable friendship between the writer James Fenimore Cooper and the artist and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse. Early years. The first writer in the newly formed United States to make a living solely by his pen, he established some of the most important early American literary themes. James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 - September 14, 1851) was an American writer. James Fenimore Cooper was a pioneer of American literature. Friends James Fenimore Cooper and Samuel F. B. Morse worked unrelentingly every day in Paris, Morse not only painting what would be his masterpiece, but also bringing home his momentous idea for the telegraph. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER’S THE RED ROVER, PUBLISHED IN PARIS DURING HIS SOJOURN THERE (COOPER, James Fenimore). Three volumes. He was a son of Judge William Cooper and Susan Fenimore. James Fenimore Cooper was an American fiction author known for being one of the most prolific authors of his time and foremost exponents of Romanticism. James Fenimore Cooper - James Fenimore Cooper - Cultural and political involvement: Though most renowned as a prolific novelist, he did not simply retire to his study after the success of The Spy. When James was one year old, Cooper the elder moved his family into the wilderness surrounding Lake Otsego, New York, to … Renewing their acquaintance in New York, … The Red Rover. His family was of old Quaker stock. Cooper was born on September 15, 1789. James Fenimore Cooper and Samuel F. B. Morse, “constantly together” in Paris in the 1830s In his bestselling new group biography, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris , David McCullough devotes an entire chapter to the remarkable friendship between the writer James Fenimore Cooper and the artist and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse. About the Author. Paris, 1827. James Fenimore Cooper was born in 1789 in New Jersey, the son of a wealthy land agent who founded Cooperstown in New York State. Cooper attended Yale, but was expelled in 1805 and spent five years at sea on merchant then naval ships. James Fenimore Cooper. Cooper was born in Burlington, New Jersey in 1789 to Elizabeth and William Cooper. Cooper's impact upon European literature was very great, and he was welcomed warmly, receiving invitations from all quarters. A family record in the William Cooper papers says they were married Nov. 12, 1774. The two first met in Washington during Marquis de Lafayette’s triumphal Grand Tour of the United States in 1824–25. Harriet Beecher Stowe traveled to Paris to escape the controversy generated by her book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. James Franklin Beard, in The Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper (Cambridge, Mass. James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 - September 14, 1851) was an American writer. He created the character of Natty Bumpo, the archetypal American frontiersman.