| Nineteenth-century American writer James Fenimore Cooper, famed for his adventure novels of American frontier life, was also an ardent social critic. Cooper wrote a series of five novels, known collectively as the Leather-Stocking Tales, in which he detailed the adventures of a fictional frontiersman named Natty Bumppo. In Bumppo, Cooper portrayed a man of nature and a friend of the Native Americans. In addition to fiction, Cooper wrote several nonfiction works criticizing American society and espousing his belief in the importance of individual freedom and the rights of the property owner. |
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