Author:James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper
(1789–1851)

American writer of the early 19th century

James Fenimore Cooper

Works

Novels

Short stories

  • Tales for Fifteen, or, Imagination and Heart
  • "No Steamboats", 1832
  • "An Evening of Visits" in Bentley's Miscellany, Vol. I, No. 1, 1837 (start transcription)
  • "The Lake Gun", 1851

Play

  • Upside Down: or Philosophy in Petticoats, 1850

Non-fiction

  • Notions of the Americans: Picked up by a Travelling Bachelor, 1828
  • Letter to General Lafayette, 1830
  • A Letter to His Countrymen, 1834
  • A Residence in France: With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland, 1836
  • Gleanings in Europe, 1838
  • The Chronicles of Cooperstown, 1838
  • The American Democrat or Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America, 1838
  • Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers, 1846
  • New York: or The Towns of Manhattan, 1851
  • The History of the Navy of the United States of America, 1839
  • Old Ironsides, 1839, Old Ironsides, James Fenimore Cooper Society Website
  • Ned Myers: or Life before the Mast, 1843
  • The Eclipse, 1869

Unsorted works

  • Richard Dale, 1843
  • Proceedings of the Naval Court-Martial in the Case of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, &c., 1844

Works about Cooper

On his works

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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