Born In New Jersey in 1789, died in Cooperstown, N. Y., in
1851; son of William Cooper, the pioneer who founded
Cooperstown; settled in Cooperstown in 1790; entered Yale
College in 1803, remaining three years; midshipman in the
navy in 1808; married in 1811 and resigned from the navy;
published "Precaution" and "The Spy," both in 1821; the
latter established his literary reputation; "The Pioneers"
in 1823, "The Pilot" in 1823, "The Last of the Mohicans" in
1826; "The Prairie" in 1827, "The Pathfinder" in 1840, "The
Deerslayer" in 1841; author of many other books.
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