JAMES FENIMORE COOPER Atq. Book of Stories, published by J. Ogden & Co. circa 1872 Includes- PATHFINDER, PILOT, WATER WITCH, LAST OF THE MOHICANS, and SATANSTOE, hardcover likely leather bound with replicated colorful geometric pattern, has blue dyed detail, ornate gilded spine, condition consistent w age & use, inscribed signature to cover page reads ‘Theo W. Bailey Aug. 8th, 1872’.James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly before his death and contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society. (Wikipedia).JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, JAMES FEMIMORE COOPER book, antique books, JAMES FENIMORE COOPER short stories, JAMES FENIMORE COOPER story book, art historical objects, literary historical objects, American romantic period, American author, American writer, romantic period literature, romanticism, American romanticism, library accessory 7