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The Spy (Nonsuch Classics)

The Spy (Nonsuch Classics)

by JamesFenimoreCooper (Author)

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The Spy

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 448
 Publisher: The History Press LTD
Published: 28 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 1845880552
ISBN 13: 9781845880552

Author Bio
James Fenimore Cooper was born on 15 September 1789 in Burlington, New Jersey. After being expelled from Yale his father gained him a commission in the U.S. Navy, which he resigned in 1811 to marry Susan Augusta de Lancey. In 1820 he published his first book, Precaution, a tale of manners and morals set in England. His next book, The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground, was set in America and this was to be the setting for the rest of his novels, including the five 'Leatherstocking' novels for which he is best known (The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder and The Deerslayer). However, Cooper's work extended beyond fiction and among other factual works he wrote a number of travel books, histories of the American Navy and The American Democrat, which was intended to be a textbook for high school pupils. He died on 14 September 1851. Altogether he published 32 works of fiction and 12 works of non-fiction as well as numerous pamphlets and articles and is considered to be the first successful American novelist.