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(1789-1851) American writer. James Fenimore Cooper was a novelist, travel writer, and social critic. Cooper is regarded as the first great American writer of fiction, famed for action-packed plots and vivid portrayal of American life.
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Read about James Fenimore Cooper, from "A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature."

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