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Essay Archive - The Deerslayer: View of The Native Americans
The Deerslayer: View of The Native Americans
James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15, 1789 in Burlington, New
Jersey. He was the son of William and Elizabeth (Fenimore) Cooper, the twelfth
of thirteen children (Long, p. 9). Cooper is known as one of the first great
American novelists, in many ways because he was the first American writer to
gain international followers of his writing. In addition, he was perhaps the
first novelist to "demonstrate...that native materials could inspire significant
imaginative writing" ....
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