James Fenimore Cooper

American Philosophical Society. After reading some novel to his wife, Cooper noticed that it is easy to write better. His wife caught him at the word, and not to appear boastmore, he wrote his first novel in few weeks

his subsequent works, the action of this book takes place in England.

“Precaution" was written in the spirit of sentimental English novels on the topic of marriage. The author clearly holds the idea that the choice of the groom for her daughter – the moral duty of her parents

from American life, became the famous "Spy, or the Tale of neutral territory" ("The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground", 1821), which had a huge success not only in America but also in Europe.

The action of the Spy takes place during the War of independence. The main character - Garvey birch, a modest American, posing as an ordinary peddler, and in fact collecting for the Continental army of military information in the territories controlled by British troops

village, located at the source of Sasquihanna from lake Otsego, that is, in those places where Cooper grew up, and at a time when he was 4 — 5 years old. The book tells about the complex relationship between the two groups of villagers

Here again, as in "Spy", the theme of love between people from warring camps is used

historical novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper, first published in 1826. Is the second book in Pentalog on a Leather Grip (as on the date of publication, and chronology of the epic), in which Cooper tells about life on the American frontier and one of the first portrays the uniqueness of the spiritual world and customs of the American Indians.

The novel has been filmed many times, including the most famous version of 1992, directed by Michael Mann

colonization of North America, which brought James Fenimore Cooper unfading fame around the world.