Project Gutenberg 2006-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 115 Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford 1838 1915 James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters Reading ease score: 60.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "James Fenimore Cooper" by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury is a biographical account written in the late 19th century. The work focuses on the life and legacy of the seminal American novelist James Fenimore Cooper, exploring his upbringing, formative experiences, and literary achievements. It provides insights into Cooper's character, his early life spent in the wilderness, and the influences that shaped his writing style and themes. The beginning of the biography delves into Cooper's origins, detailing his family's settlement in Cooperstown, New York, and the natural environment that surrounded his childhood. Lounsbury outlines Cooper's formative years, including his education and early interests, which were deeply intertwined with the landscapes and community of the American frontier. The author discusses Cooper's eventual dismissal from Yale and subsequent entry into the navy, setting the stage for his later literary career. This section establishes the connection between Cooper's experiences and the themes found in his works, emphasizing the impact of the wilderness and its inhabitants on his eventual development as an author. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography PS Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 629641 629645 2024-10-08T13:32:02.441652 2023-09-09T04:36:25.822602 text/html text/html 611698 2006-10-04T12:05:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 315395 2006-10-04T12:05:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 405409 2024-10-08T13:32:13.016595 application/epub+zip 412053 2024-10-08T13:32:06.079628 application/epub+zip 299998 2024-10-08T13:32:04.570636 application/epub+zip 643321 2024-10-08T13:32:18.380578 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597093 2024-10-08T13:32:11.878630 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482650 2022-09-09T09:37:01.297009 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 564634 564417 2024-10-08T13:32:01.386695 2023-09-09T04:36:24.855591 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 564469 2006-10-04T12:05:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 208503 2006-10-04T12:05:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 564462 2006-10-04T12:05:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 208442 2006-10-04T12:05:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21500 2024-10-08T13:32:18.513552 application/rdf+xml 12424 2024-10-08T13:32:05.167636 image/jpeg 3036 2024-10-08T13:32:04.860641 image/jpeg 393864 2024-10-08T13:32:02.500671 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia