James Fenimore Cooper

"James Fenimore Cooper" by Mary Elizabeth Phillips is a story about the life of James Fenimore Cooper and how his family and where he grew up changed him. The book looks at Cooper’s life from when he was a kid to when he was a well-known writer. It talks about how his family history and the world around him helped him write his famous stories. The narrative shows Cooper’s early life, like when his family moved to Cooperstown because of money problems. The author discusses how the lands around Otsego and the culture of Native Americans had a big impact on him. All these pieces of his life mixed together to create the writer he became