Reading long fiction novels never gets old. James Fenimore Cooper's life after moving to Lake Otsego and the fact that his father was a writer add to the stories he wrote. James' early life led him to writing, which then led him to write some of the betting book of his time and for these reasons, many people have analyzed his work. James Fenimore Cooper lived a great life. James Fenimore was born on September 15, 1789, in Burlington, New Jersey, to political writer William and Elizabeth Cooper (Heller). In 1790, when James was thirteen months old, his family moved to the wilderness on the south shore of Otsego Lake in upstate New York (Rosenblum). Cooper went to the local academy in Cooperstown, then was sent to a preparatory school in Albany, Charles. After prep school, thirteen-year-old Cooper entered Yale, where he studied for two years before being expelled for blowing down the door of a classmate (Rosenblum). After being expelled, he was taken aboard the ship The Stirling in 1804, where he had adventures that eventually became his nautical novels (Rosenblum). After serving on the Stirling, he joined the navy and served on Lake Ontario. Then, in 1811, he married his beloved Susan Auguste DeLency (Heller). Mr. Cooper and his family settled in Paris where he sold his books and then returned to America in 1833 (Charles). Upon his return from Europe, he settled in Cooperstown where he wrote sixteen more novels and discovered his Episcopal religious beliefs (Heller). Mr. Cooper died in Cooperstown just one day before his 61st birthday, September 14, 1851 (Higgins). Cooper has written long fiction and non-fiction books. Although the novels were Cooper's best, he also tried writing short stories, biographies, and a play (......middle of article......eowl.org>Higgins , Peter J. "James Fenimore Cooper." Cyclopedia Of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition (2003): 1-2 Literary Reference Center Plus Web. Criticism 4. (1990): 112-113. Reference Center Plus Web. Kincheloe, Henderson. “The Last of the Mohicans,” Masterplots, Fourth Edition (2010: 1-4). Web. The... 2014.