James Fenimore Cooper

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James Fenimore Cooper

• 1789-1854

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The Early Years

• Raised in New York
• Attended Yale Dismissed for Pranks
• Sailor/Officer in U.S. Navy

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The Bet

• Challenged by his wife to write a novel better
  than the one he was reading.

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THE WESTERN

• Never actually went West.
• Created the Western novel.
• Leatherstocking Series
• HeroNatty Bumppo
• Books
• The Pioneers
• The Pathfinder
• The Prairie
• The Last of the Mohicans
• The Deerslayer

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Romantic Hero

• innocent and carefree
• separate from the masses
• almost always on some type of journey.
• idealistic
• non-conforming
• well rounded
• skilled in some fashion
• able to communicate with all walks of life

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Old Fashioned Style

• The Female Sex
• Our Hero
• In the manner that follows

Your Assignment Read handout from The
Deerslayer Be prepared for a quiz. (know
characters!)