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Works of James Fenimore Cooper: Brief Account Of Cooper's Life And Works
From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Cooper, James Fenimore
Cooper, James Fenimore
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Brief Account Of Cooper's Life And Works
Early Years, Naval Experience, And Marriage:
James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15, 1789 in Burlington, New
Jersey. When he was only a bit over one year old, his family moved to
Cooperstown, a frontier settlement in central New York State, established by
his Federalist father, Judge Cooper. There, on the banks of Otsego Lake, he
grew up, watching the frontier continually being pushed back, and always
finding a fascination in the strange darkness of the neighboring wilderness
area. His father, a ...
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