Oak Openings - Cooper, James Fenimore
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James Fenimore Cooper was a 19th century writer known for his historical romances and stories of the sea. His Leatherstocking tales including the novel The Last of the Mohicans are his best-known works. Oak Openings is set in 1812 on the prairie of Michigan. Four men meet two of whom are Indians. They help the beekeeper gather honey. At dinner one of the men tells of the start of the war. When the two white men start back to the settlement with the honey they find one of the Indians shot and scalped. From this point the novel is full of adventure and action.

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James Fenimore Cooper was a 19th century writer known for his historical romances and stories of the sea. His Leatherstocking tales including the novel The Last of the Mohicans are his best-known works. Oak Openings is set in 1812 on the prairie of Michigan. Four men meet two of whom are Indians. They help the beekeeper gather honey. At dinner one of the men tells of the start of the war. When the two white men start back to the settlement with the honey they find one of the Indians shot and scalped. From this point the novel is full of adventure and action.
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James Fenimore Cooper was born on September 15, 1789, was an American author. He wrote authentic romantic stories portraying colonist and Native characters from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. His most popular work is The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as a masterpiece. James Fenimore Cooper was the 11th offspring of William Cooper and Elizabeth (Fenimore) Cooper. He wedded Susan Augusta de Lancey at Mamaroneck, Westchester Area, New York on January 1, 1811. The Coopers had seven children, but only five of them live to adulthood. The Last of the Mohicans (1826) was written in New York City where Cooper and his family resided. It became one of the most-read American books of the nineteenth century. The series includes the racial friendship of Natty Bumppo with the Delaware Indians. In 1826, Cooper moved his family to Europe to acquire more income from his books. He became friends with painters Samuel Morse and Gilbert du Motier and Marquis de Lafayette. In 1832, he entered the list as a political writer in a series of letters to Le National.