Who wrote 'The Leatherstocking Stories'?
"The Two Admirals The Two Admirals is an 1842 nautical fiction novel by James Fenimore Cooper. The novel was written after the Leatherstocking Tales novel ""The Deerslayer"". Set during the 18th century and exploring the British Royal Navy, Cooper wrote the novel out of encouragement of his English publisher, who recommended writing another sea novel. Cooper had originally intended to write a novel where ships were the main characters, though eventually decided not to. The novels is one of three novels which Cooper would revise for editions following their first printing, the other two being ""The Pathfinder"" and ""Deerslayer"". When"
"their fears with love. In many cases the couple must face a level of personal danger, and, upon surmounting their troubles, are able to forge a strong relationship for the future. Fenimore Cooper is a noted nineteenth century writer of literary fiction romances that are set on the American frontier. Cooper's best-known works are five ""Leatherstocking Tales"". Among the most famous of these works is ""The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of"" 1757 (1826), often regarded as his masterpiece. Guy Vanderhaeghe (1951 – ) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer, best known for his Western novels trilogy,"
"to . William Cooper founded a village on Otsego Lake. His son James Fenimore Cooper grew up in the frontier town. He later became a noted American author with ""The Leatherstocking Tales"", a series of historical novels that includes ""The Last of the Mohicans"". Cooper established the village of Cooperstown in 1786, laid out by surveyor William Ellison. At the time, the area was part of Montgomery County. It was incorporated as the ""Village of Otsego"" on April 3, 1807. The name was changed to ""Village of Cooperstown"" June 12, 1812 after the founder. William Cooper was appointed as a"
"Natty Bumppo Nathaniel ""Natty"" Bumppo is a fictional character and the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's pentalogy of novels known as the ""Leatherstocking Tales"". Natty Bumppo, the child of white parents, grew up among Delaware Indians and was educated by Moravian Christians. In adulthood, he is a near-fearless warrior skilled in many weapons, chiefly the long rifle. He is most often shown alongside his Mohican foster brother Chingachgook and nephew Uncas. Bumppo is featured in a series of novels by James Fenimore Cooper collectively called the ""Leatherstocking Tales"". The novels in the collection are as follows: The tales recount significant"
"Lederstrumpfbrunnen The Lederstrumpfbrunnen (literally: ""leatherstocking fountain"") is a fountain in the German city of Edenkoben. It commemorates the frontiersman Johann Adam Hartmann (1748-1836), who was born in this city and considered by some as a possible inspiration for the character Natty Bumppo of the Leatherstocking Tales novels by the American writer James Fenimore Cooper. The three main sculptures around the fountain are Hartman/Bumppo depicted as a hunter with a rifle and accompanied by a dog, the Indian chief Chingachgook (another famous character from the novels) and the artist Max Slevogt (1868-1932), who created some of the best known illustrations for"
"The Pioneers (novel) The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is a historical novel by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. It was the first of five novels published which became known as the ""Leatherstocking Tales"". Published in 1823, ""The Pioneers"" is the fourth novel in terms of the chronology of the novels' plots. The story takes place on the rapidly advancing frontier of New York State and features an elderly Leatherstocking (Natty Bumppo), Judge Marmaduke Temple of Templeton (whose life parallels that of the author's father Judge William Cooper), and Elizabeth Temple (based on the author's"
"in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956. O’Toole was the CEO of the Washington, D.C. -based production company, Eli Productions, for over 20 years. He wrote and produced documentaries, TV shows, and radio series on topics that included the arts and the aging process, many of which aired on NBC, CBS, and public television and radio. His work earned him a Writers Fellowship by The National Endowment for the Arts. In 1979, he wrote a TV miniseries adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's ""Leatherstocking Tales"", which aired on PBS and earned an Outstanding Writer Emmy nod. He also did"
"the Mohicans"", by Hellmut Lange in the 1969 German TV series ""Die Lederstrumpferzählungen"", by Cliff DeYoung in the 1984 PBS mini-series ""The Leatherstocking Tales"" (which compressed ""The Deerslayer"", ""The Last of the Mohicans"", and ""The Pathfinder"" into four episodes), and by Lee Horsley in the 1994 TV series ""Hawkeye"". Natty Bumppo Nathaniel ""Natty"" Bumppo is a fictional character and the protagonist of James Fenimore Cooper's pentalogy of novels known as the ""Leatherstocking Tales"". Natty Bumppo, the child of white parents, grew up among Delaware Indians and was educated by Moravian Christians. In adulthood, he is a near-fearless warrior skilled in"
"the German editions of the novels. The fountain was designed between 1987 and 1990 by the German sculptor Gernot Rumpf. Lederstrumpfbrunnen The Lederstrumpfbrunnen (literally: ""leatherstocking fountain"") is a fountain in the German city of Edenkoben. It commemorates the frontiersman Johann Adam Hartmann (1748-1836), who was born in this city and considered by some as a possible inspiration for the character Natty Bumppo of the Leatherstocking Tales novels by the American writer James Fenimore Cooper. The three main sculptures around the fountain are Hartman/Bumppo depicted as a hunter with a rifle and accompanied by a dog, the Indian chief Chingachgook (another"
"His most famous novel is """" (1826), the second book of the ""Leatherstocking Tales"" pentalogy. ""The Last of the Mohicans"" is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. ""The Scarlet Letter"" (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is perhaps the most famous 19th-century American historical novel. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. In French"
"Johann Adam Hartmann Johann Adam Hartmann (1748-1836) was a German born trapper and frontiersman in New York State. Some consider him as a possible inspiration for Natty Bumpo, the main character in James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. Hartmann was born in Edenkoben, Palatinate (Germany) in 1748. His parents were ""Anna Maria Scholl"", a native of Edenkoben and ""Johann Hartmann"", a weaver who was originally from Switserland. The couple married in 1737. Hartman left his hometown at the age of 16 to travel on the ship ""Boston"" from Rotterdam to Philadelphia. From there he moved to Upstate New York where he"
"two sons in wars with Indians, he respected Indians and was respected by them. In Missouri, Boone often went hunting with the very Shawnees who had captured and adopted him decades earlier. Some 19th-century writers regarded Boone's sympathy for Indians as a character flaw and therefore altered his words to conform to contemporary attitudes. Boone's adventures, real and mythical, formed the basis of the archetypal hero of the American West, popular in 19th-century novels and 20th-century films. The main character of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, the first of which was published in 1823, bore striking similarities to Boone; even"
"Erzahlungen"" an adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's novels featuring Natty Bumppo, collectively known as ""The Leatherstocking Tales"", (including ""The Last of the Mohicans"") in 1969. The serial is known to have been dubbed into German, English, French and Italian. Currently no official copies of the Italian dub are known to exist. Additional Cast of German Cut: Note: Certain scenes were shot with different actors for the German cut of ""Robinson Crusoe"", and some extra scenes were filmed, as an example Wooseley's niece, the blind man and Jenny do not appear in the French/English version. Stills from the German scenes can"
"The Monsters of Templeton The Monsters of Templeton is a dramatic novel written by Lauren Groff. Groff was born and raised in Cooperstown, New York. The name Templeton draws from the name devised for the town by James Fenimore Cooper, Cooperstown's most renowned author, known for ""The Leatherstocking Tales"". Groff draws in many of the legends of Cooperstown, especially those crafted by Cooper himself, and ties them together over the expanses of time, then weaves them in with fictional modern-day events. The book was released to great critical acclaim. Willie Upton returns home to Templeton for the summer from her"
"American literature. Cooper is best remembered for his numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the ""Leatherstocking Tales"", with their emphasis on heroic simplicity and their fervent landscape descriptions of an already-exotic mythicized frontier peopled by ""noble savages"", exemplified by Uncas, from ""The Last of the Mohicans"" (1826) show the influence of Rousseau's (1712–78) philosophy. Edgar Allan Poe's tales of the macabre that first appeared in the early 1830s, and his balladic poetry were more influential in France than at home. By the mid-19th century, the pre-eminence of literature from the British Isles began to be challenged by writers"
"the author's youth, Shipman would often appear at the Cooper home, ""Otsego Hall"", to offer the family some of his latest products. Susan Fenimore Cooper wrote that ""rude equipments, dogs, and rifle, had much attraction for the lads of the house"". James Cooper referred to Shipman in his ""Chronicles of Cooperstown"" as ""the 'Leather Stocking' of the region, ... could at almost any time, furnish the table with a saddle of venison"". David Shipman (colonist) David Shipman (1730 – 1813) is generally considered to be the real-life inspiration for James Fenimore Cooper's character Natty Bumppo in the ""Leatherstocking Tales"" along"
"influenced by tales of the exploits of American frontiersman Kit Carson and other tales of Western adventure involving American Indians, such as those in James Fenimore Cooper's ""Leatherstocking Tales"". In his recollections of childhood, he noted that he could always be found with paintbrush in hand. He was one of the first to enroll when George McKinstry opened an art studio in Hudson. Phillips left home at age sixteen, moving to New York City where he attended the Art Students League of New York and the National Academy of Design. In 1894 he traveled to Europe, briefly staying in London"
"was inspired by a tale related to him by neighbor and family friend John Jay. It was more successful and became a bestseller; the setting of this Revolutionary War tale is widely believed to have been John Jay's family home ""The Locusts"" in Rye, New York. In 1823, Cooper published ""The Pioneers"", the first of the ""Leatherstocking"" series. The series features Natty Bumppo, a resourceful American woodsman at home with the Delaware Indians and their chief Chingachgook. Bumppo was also the main character of Cooper's most famous novel ""The Last of the Mohicans"" (1826), written in New York City where"
"Woodstock (novel) Woodstock, or The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one (1826) is a historical novel by Walter Scott. Set just after the English Civil War, it was inspired by the legend of the Good Devil of Woodstock, which in 1649 supposedly tormented parliamentary commissioners who had taken possession of a royal residence at Woodstock, Oxfordshire. The story deals with the escape of Charles II in 1652, during the Commonwealth, and his final triumphant entry into London on 29 May 1660. At a thanksgiving service in Woodstock church for the victory at Worcester (3 September 1651),"
"year of birth, 1743 instead of 1748. The German sculptor Gernot Rumpf designed a fountain for the city of Edenkoben, which was completed in 1990. The Lederstrumpfbrunnen (lit. ""Leatherstocking fountain"") features three major statues of figures related to the Leatherstocking Tales, one of them is a statue of Hartmann/Bumpo displayed with a hunting rifle and a dog. Johann Adam Hartmann Johann Adam Hartmann (1748-1836) was a German born trapper and frontiersman in New York State. Some consider him as a possible inspiration for Natty Bumpo, the main character in James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. Hartmann was born in Edenkoben, Palatinate"
"Herman Wendelborg Hansen Herman Wendelborg Hansen (1854-1924) was a 19th-century artist, well known for his Western-themed paintings featuring horses, cowboys, and the frontier. Hansen was born in Dithmarschen, Germany. From an early age, he was gifted in art. His father, a rector and draftsman, encouraged his son's talent, and sent him to Hamburg at the age of 16. Here, Hansen studied battle scenes from the artist, Simmonsen. In 1876, Hansen went to England for school, but was intrigued by the American West. He was inspired by James Fenimore Cooper's novel, ""Leatherstocking Tales"". The following year, Hansen emigrated to New York"
"The Romance of Certain Old Clothes ""The Romance of Certain Old Clothes"" is a short story by American-British author Henry James, written in February 1868 and first published in ""The Atlantic Monthly"". The original debut was in Volume 21, Issue 124. James later made some revisions, including changes to the family name and eldest daughter when he published the story in the UK in 1885. It has been included in several anthologies, including ""American Gothic Tales"", edited by Joyce Carol Oates. The tale begins in the 18th century in Massachusetts. It features the Willoughbys (changed to Wingraves in the 1885"
"David Shipman (colonist) David Shipman (1730 – 1813) is generally considered to be the real-life inspiration for James Fenimore Cooper's character Natty Bumppo in the ""Leatherstocking Tales"" along with a pioneer man named Thomas Leffingwell. When Cooper's father Judge William Cooper settled in what is now Otsego County, New York in the mid-1780s, Shipman lived alone in a small cabin in the hills south of the village of Cooperstown, a squatter on the land of Cooper's neighbor John Christopher Hartwick. Shipman was a veteran of the American Revolution and had a reputation locally as an expert hunter and fisherman. During"
"The Keepsake Stories The Keepsake Stories is the title given to three short stories by Sir Walter Scott which appeared in ""The Keepsake For 1829"", a literary annual published for Christmas 1828. The short stories were entitled ""My Aunt Margaret's Mirror"", ""The Tapestried Chamber"" (or, ""The Lady in the Sacque""), and ""Death of the Laird's Jock"". Charles Heath had originally planned for Scott to become the editor of the annual, offering him £800. Scott refused but accepted £500 for these three stories, which had been intended for the ""Chronicles of the Canongate"", but had already been rejected by Cadell. The"
"outlived his son. In the series ""The Leatherstocking Tales"" by James Fenimore Cooper, Chingachgook is the best friend and companion of the main character Natty Bumppo, aka Hawkeye. He appears in The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, and The Pioneers. He is characterized by his skills as a warrior and forester, his bravery, his wisdom, and his pride for his tribe. Chingachgook is said to have been modeled after a real-life wandering Mohican basket maker and hunter named Captain John. The fictional character, occasionally called John Mohegan in the series, was an idealized embodiment of the traditional"
"The Chainbearer The Chainbearer; or The Littlepage Manuscripts is a novel by the American novelist James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1845. ""The Chainbearer"" is the second book in a trilogy starting with ""Satanstoe"" and ending with ""The Redskins"". The novel focuses mainly on issues of land ownership and the displacement of American Indians as the United States moves Westward. Critical to the trilogy is the sense of expansion through the measuring and acquisition of land by civilization. The title ""The Chainbearer"" represents ""the man who carries the chains in measuring the land, the man who helps civilization to grow"
"later became a lay brother. Nicholls carves him brushing his master's clothes while studying theology. ""Rip Van Winkle"" and characters from ""The Last of the Mohicans"" and ""The Scarlet Letter"" are depicted in a frieze in the main hall. This frieze was also executed by Thomas Nicholls. Two of the figures are from the Leatherstocking novels of James Fenimore Cooper, the first being ""The Last of the Mohicans"" the nickname of Uncas, a leading character in the book. The second statue is that of ""The Pathfinder"", one of the names given to Leatherstocking (otherwise Natty Bumppo). Next Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ""Scarlet"
"of the story in 1952-3 (remade in 1973-4). This adaptation is heavily influenced by American movies and western comics and is filled with absurd humor and anachronistic jokes. An English translation of Sugiura's 1973-4 version including a lengthy essay on Sugiura's artistic influences was published in the United States in 2013. The Last of the Mohicans The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826) is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book of the ""Leatherstocking Tales"" pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. ""The Pathfinder"", published 14 years later in 1840, is"
"the novel with great disappointment. The Monikins The Monikins is an 1835 novel, written by James Fenimore Cooper. The novel, a beast fable, was written between his composition of two of his more famous novels from the ""Leatherstocking Tales"", ""The Prairie"" and ""The Pathfinder"". Critic Christina Starobin compares the novel's plot to Jonathan Swift's ""Gulliver's Travels"". The novel, narrated by the main character, the English Sir John Goldencalf, is a satire. Goldencalf and the American captain Noah Poke travel on a series of humorous adventures. The novel is not very popular amongst readers of Cooper. A contemporary critic of the"
"Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel ""The Vicar of Wakefield"" (1766), his pastoral poem ""The Deserted Village"" (1770), and his plays ""The Good-Natur'd Man"" (1768) and ""She Stoops to Conquer"" (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought to have written the classic children's tale ""The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes"" (1765). Goldsmith's birth date and year are not known with certainty. According to the Library of Congress authority file, he told a biographer that he was born on 10 November"
"New York State, which is the setting of four of his five ""Leatherstocking Tales"". This novel introduces Natty Bumppo as ""Deerslayer"": a young frontiersman in early 18th-century New York, who objects to the practice of taking scalps, on grounds that every living thing should follow ""the gifts"" of its nature, which would keep European Americans from taking scalps. Two characters who actually seek to take scalps are Deerslayer's foil Henry March (alias ""Hurry Harry"") and the former pirate 'Floating Tom' Hutter, to whom Deerslayer is introduced ""en route"" to a rendezvous with the latter's lifelong friend Chingachgook (initially apparent in"
"Carl Dreadstone. Three further novelisations which appeared under this house name were not by Campbell but written by other authors. Walter Harris (author, broadcaster) wrote two of the novels: ""Werewolf of London"" and ""Creature from the Black Lagoon"". The author of the sixth Dreadstone (""The Mummy"") remains unknown. UK editions followed - in 1978, Universal Books (a paperback division of W. H. Allen Ltd) published ""The Bride of Frankenstein"" (by Campbell) together with Harris's ""The Werewolf of London"" and the (unknown author) ""The Mummy"" under the 'Carl Dreadstone' house name, with similar packaging under the title 'The Classic Library of"
"The Monikins The Monikins is an 1835 novel, written by James Fenimore Cooper. The novel, a beast fable, was written between his composition of two of his more famous novels from the ""Leatherstocking Tales"", ""The Prairie"" and ""The Pathfinder"". Critic Christina Starobin compares the novel's plot to Jonathan Swift's ""Gulliver's Travels"". The novel, narrated by the main character, the English Sir John Goldencalf, is a satire. Goldencalf and the American captain Noah Poke travel on a series of humorous adventures. The novel is not very popular amongst readers of Cooper. A contemporary critic of the novel in ""The Knickerbocker"" described"