COOPER, James Fenimore The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 New York: Book of the Month Club, (1993). Price: $20.00 Hardcover. Book club edition. 476pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Item #135752 Add to Cart Ask a Question item image James Fenimore Cooper birth name: James Fenimore Cooper born: 9/15/1789 died: 9/14/1851 View Reference Info Biography The first major American novelist, author of the novels of frontier adventure known as The Leather-Stocking Tales. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore