Author:James Fenimore Cooper

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James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)

Prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century.

James Fenimore Cooper

Works

Novels

• Precaution: A Novel, 1820 Precaution: A Novel, Project Gutenberg
• The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground, 1821The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground, Project Gutenberg
• The Pioneers: or The Sources of the Susquehanna, 1823
• The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea, 1823The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea, Project Gutenberg
• Lionel Lincoln: or The Leaguer of Boston, 1825
• The Last of the Mohicans, 1826
• The Prairie, 1827The Prairie, Project Gutenberg
• The Red Rover: A Tale, 1828The Red Rover: A Tale, Project Gutenberg
• The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish: A Tale, 1829 The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish: A Tale, Project Gutenberg
• The Water-Witch: or the Skimmer of the Seas, 1830 The Water-Witch: or the Skimmer of the Seas, Project Gutenberg
• The Bravo: A Tale, 1831The Bravo: A Tale, Project Gutenberg
• The Heidenmauer: or, The Benedictines, A Legend of the Rhine, 1832
• The Headsman: The Abbaye des Vignerons, 1833 The Headsman: The Abbaye des Vignerons, Project Gutenberg
• The Monikins, 1835 The Monikins, Project Gutenberg
• Homeward Bound: or The Chase: A Tale of the Sea, 1838 Homeward Bound: or The Chase: A Tale of the Sea, Project Gutenberg
• Home as Found, 1838 Home as Found: Sequel to Homeward Bound, Project Gutenberg
• The Pathfinder, 1840, The Pathfinder: or the Inland Sea, Project Gutenberg
• Mercedes of Castile: or, The Voyage to Cathay, 1840
• The Deerslayer, 1841
• The Two Admirals, 1842
• The Wing-and-Wing: le Le Feu-Follet, 1842, The Wing-and-Wing: le Le Feu-Follet, Project Gutenberg (Jack o Lantern)
• Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief, 1843, Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief, Project Gutenberg
• Wyandotté: or The Hutted KnollWyandotté: or The Hutted Knoll, Project Gutenberg [1], 1843
• Afloat and Ashore: or The Adventures of Miles Wallingford. A Sea Tale, 1844, Afloat and Ashore: or The Adventures of Miles Wallingford. A Sea Tale, Project Gutenberg
• Miles Wallingford: Sequel to Afloat and AshoreMiles Wallingford: Sequel to Afloat and Ashore, Project Gutenberg, 1844
• Satanstoe: or The Littlepage Manuscripts, a Tale of the Colony, 1845, Satanstoe: or The Littlepage Manuscripts, a Tale of the Colony, Project Gutenberg
• The Chainbearer; or, The Littlepage Manuscripts, 1845
• The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin: Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts, 1846
• The Crater; or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the PacificThe Crater; or, Vulcan's Peak: A Tale of the Pacific, Project Gutenberg, 1847
• Jack Tier: or the Florida ReefsJack Tier: or the Florida Reefs, Project Gutenberg, 1848
• The Oak Openings: or the Bee-HunterThe Oak Openings: or the Bee-Hunter, Project Gutenberg, 1848
• The Sea Lions: The Lost SealersThe Sea Lions: The Lost Sealers, Project Gutenberg, 1849
• The Ways of the Hour, 1850

Short stories

• Tales for Fifteen, or, Imagination and Heart Tales for Fifteen, or, Imagination and Heart, Project Gutenberg
• "No Steamboats", 1832
• "The Eclipse", 1836
• "The Lake Gun", 1851The Lake Gun, Project Gutenberg

Play

• Upside Down: or Philosophy in Petticoats, 1850

Non-fiction

• Notions of the Americans: Picked up by a Travelling Bachelor, 1828
• Letter to General Lafayette, 1830
• A Letter to His Countrymen, 1834
• A Residence in France: With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland, 1836 A Residence in France: With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland, Project Gutenberg
• Gleanings in Europe, 1838
• The Chronicles of Cooperstown, 1838
• The American Democrat: or Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America, 1838
• Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers, 1846
• New York: or The Towns of Manhattan, 1851 New York: or The Towns of Manhattan, Project Gutenberg
• The History of the Navy of the United States of America, 1839
• Old Ironsides, 1839, Old Ironsides, James Fenimore Cooper Society Website
• Ned Myers: or Life before the Mast, 1843, Ned Myers: or Life before the Mast, Project Gutenberg

Unsorted works

• Richard Dale, 1843
• Proceedings of the Naval Court-Martial in the Case of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, &c., 1844

Works about Cooper

• A Fable for Critics (1848) by James Russell Lowell
• Pages and Pictures from the writings of James Fenimore Cooper (1861), by daughter Susan Fenimore Cooper
• Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (1895) by Mark Twain[2]
• Charles Ledyard Norton, “Cooper, James Fenimore,” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1900.
• “Cooper, James Fenimore,” The New International Encyclopædia. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1905.
• “Cooper, James Fenimore” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.
• “Cooper, James Fenimore” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• James Fenimore Cooper (1913), by Mary E. Phillips OCLC 271127^{all editions}[3]
• The Cambridge History of American Literature, Fiction I: Brown, Cooper (1917-1921)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.