Convinced that the American political system was in danger, James Fenimore Cooper wrote this minor classic of American political theory to express “the voice of simple, honest, and. . . fearless truth” on the American system of government.

The last to be written and published of The Leatherstocking Tales tells the story of Natty Bumppo's...

In this, the first of the Leatherstocking Tales, we meet Natty Bumppo as a young man living in upstate New York in the early 1740s.

This famous novel deals with the early frontier period of American history and is set in 1757 during the Seven Years War between the French and the British. Hawkeye and his friends...

The Last of the Mohicans has all the elements of a classic frontier adventure; massacres and raids, innocent settlers, hardened soldiers, renegade Indians, and a doomed love affair....

During the French and Indian War, the treacherous Indian Magua’s plan to betray a group of English people to the Iroquois is foiled by the scout Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo) and his companions, an old chief and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohicans. The beauty of this timeless tale lies in the feeling of nature and the panorama of America at its conception.

James Fenimore Cooper was the most popular American writer of his day, but today he is best known for The Last of the Mohicans.

Here are eight stories from master American writers of the nineteenth century.

Natty Bumppo in his ninetieth year is still competent as a frontiersman and trapper.