JAMES FENIMORE COOPER | NICK LOURAS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Author: Nick Louras Publisher: Chronos Books (2016) ISBN-10: 1785352938 ISBN-13: 9781785352935 Condition: As new Binding: Softcover Pages: 363 Dimensions: 21.4 x 14 x 2 cm +++ by Nick Louras +++ James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was Americas first novelist, celebrated for his masterpiece, /The Last of the Mohicans/. Over a prolific career he created a national mythology that endures to this day. According to Daniel Webster, We may read the nations history in his life. Yet Cooper was also a provocative figure, ultimately disillusioned with American democracy. He spent his boyhood in the wilds of the frontier, served as a merchant sailor and naval officer, traveled the courts of Europe in an age of upheaval and returned home to scandal and controversy. He conquered the literary world only to fall victim to his own fame. In the first popular biography of Cooper in a generation, historian Nick Louras brings the man and his age vividly to life.