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1. Creative work of James Fennimore Cooper Mehrinoz Saida Sevara Malika

2. An American writer , was born in 1789 September 15 Genre of writing – historical fiction Notable works – The Last of the Mohicans

3. Early years Cooper’s mother, Elizabeth Fennimore , was a member of a respectable New Jersey Quaker family, and his father, William, founded a frontier settlement at the source of the Susquehanna River (now Cooperstown, New York) and served as a Federalist congressman during the administrations of George Washington and John Adams.

4. He was doubtless fortunate to be the 11th of 12 children, for he was spared the worst hardships of frontier life while he was able to benefit educationally from both the rich oral traditions of his family and a material prosperity that afforded him a gentleman’s education. After private schooling in Albany, Cooper attended Yale from 1803 to 1805. 

5. The Spy Cooper’s second novel, it was published in 1821 by Wiley & Halsted. The plot is set during the American Revolution and was inspired in part by the family friend John Jay.[1] The Spy was successful and began Cooper's reputation as a popular and important American writer.

6. The Pioneers It was the first of five novels published which became known as the  Leatherstocking Tales. Published in 1823, The Pioneers is the fourth novel in terms of the chronology of the novels' plots.

7. Last of Mohicans is a historical romance written in 1826.It is the second book of the  Leatherstocking Tales  pentalogy  and the best known to contemporary audiences.The Last of the Mohicans is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the North American theater of the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America.

8. Collection of novels ‘’Leather-Stocking Tales ‘’

9. Leather – stocking Tales The  Leatherstocking Tales is a series of five novels. Each novel features Natty Bumppo , a frontiersman known to European-American settlers as " Leatherstocking ", "The Pathfinder",[and "the trapper".Native Americans call him " Deerslayer ", "La Longue Carabine " ("Long Rifle" in French),and "Hawkeye".

10. Characters Natty Bumppo  is the protagonist of the series: an Anglo-American raised in part by Native Americans, and later a near-fearless warrior (his chief weapon is the long rifle).[15] He and his Mohican "brother" Chingachgook are constant companions. He is known as " Deerslayer " in The Deerslayer ,[16] "Hawkeye" and "La Longue Carabine " in The Last of the Mohicans,[17] "Pathfinder" in The Pathfinder,[18] " Leatherstocking " in The Pioneers,[19] and "the trapper" in The Prairie.[20] The novels recount significant events in Natty Bumppo's life from 1740-1806.

11. Characters Chingachgook  is a Mohican chief and companion of Bumppo . He is present in all the books except for The Prairie, as he dies of old age after narrowly escaping a forest fire in The Pioneers. Uncas, son of Chingachgook , "last of the Mohicans",[24] grew to manhood, but was killed in a battle with the hostile scout  Magua . In actual history, a man named Uncas was a chief of the Mohegan in the 1600s.[25] Though a prominent figure only in The Last of the Mohicans, he is mentioned as a boy at the very end of The Deerslayer , only once by name in The Pathfinder, and several times in The Prairie.

12. 1989 USSR stamp, on themes of James Fenimore Cooper's  Leatherstocking Tales

13. ss Social novels of James Fennimore Cooper in 40-50 ss

14. Mercedes of Castile: or, The Voyage to Cathay novel ;location and period -Christopher Columbus in West Indies, 1490s

15. The Chainbearer ; or, The Little page Manuscripts novel ; location and period -Westchester County, Adirondacks, 1780s. Next Little page generation tries to settle in their lands after the Revolutionary War

16. The Crater; or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific[105] (Mark's Reef)novel ;location and period -Philadelphia , Bristol (PA), & deserted Pacific island, early 19th century Utopia destroyed by political strife

17. The Oak Openings: or the Bee-Hunter[107]novel location and period -Kalamazoo River, Michigan, War of 1812

18. The Sea Lions: The Lost Sealers[108]novel ;location and period - Long Island & Antarctica, 1819–1820. Heavy emphasis on religion.