Books by James Fenimore Cooper

Portrait of James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper, often hailed as the father of the American historical novel, is best known for his vivid frontier adventures and sharply drawn depictions of early settler life. His prose captures the tension between wilderness and civilisation, exploring themes of identity, morality, and the shaping of a young nation through memorable characters and dramatic landscapes.

From the enduring popularity of *The Last of the Mohicans* to his broader Leatherstocking Tales, Cooper's work remains a cornerstone of classic literature. His storytelling combines meticulous historical detail with a timeless sense of adventure, appealing to readers who appreciate both historical authenticity and stirring narrative.

Are you this author? Drop us a line to update your details hello@bookcurl.com

411 products


  • HardPress Publishing Coopers Novels the Prairie

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £18.95

  • HardPress Publishing El Corsario Rojo

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £16.10

  • HardPress Publishing Home as Found Sequel to Homeward Bound.

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £18.95

  • HardPress Publishing The Crater Or Vulcans Peak a Tale of the Pacific

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £18.00

  • HardPress Publishing Satanstoe

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £20.88

  • HardPress Publishing The Ways of the Hour

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £22.77

  • HardPress Publishing History of the Navy of the United States of America

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £17.05

  • HardPress Publishing Miles Wallingford Sequel to Afloat and Ashore

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £18.00

  • HardPress Publishing Coopers Works

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £18.00

  • HardPress Publishing Lionel Lincoln Or the Leaguer of Boston

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £26.87

  • HardPress Publishing Coopers Novels the Monikins

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £18.00

  • HardPress Publishing Precaution. a Novel

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £18.00

  • HardPress Publishing The Spy a Tale of the Neutral Ground

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £18.95

  • HardPress Publishing Coopers Novels Mile Wallingford

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £18.95

  • HardPress Publishing The Water Witch or the Skimmer of the Seas a Tale

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £16.10

  • HardPress Publishing The Prairie a Tale

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £18.95

  • HardPress Publishing The Prairie a Tale by the Author of the Pioneers

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £15.15

  • HardPress Publishing History of the Navy of the United States of America

    15 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

    15 in stock

    £18.95

  • The Last of the Mohicans

    Random House USA Inc The Last of the Mohicans

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisCooper''s famous adventure brings the wilds of the American frontier and the drama of the French-Indian war to vivid life. Featuring the classic character Natty Bumppo, it is a moving, memorable depiction of courage, passion, and forbearance, and a precursor to the Western genre.

    10 in stock

    £10.44

  • The Deerslayer

    Random House USA Inc The Deerslayer

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisSet during the French and Indian Wars, The Deerslayer vividly captures the essence of both the murderous humanity and the natural beauty that distinguished America’s founding. The last of Cooper’s famous Leatherstocking Tales, it is first chronologically in the frontier adventures of the backwoods scout Natty Bumppo. Amid a terrain largely inspired by Cooper’s own boyhood, Natty’s initiation in the moral codes of wilderness society is examined in what is, according to D. H. Lawrence, “the loveliest and best” of the Leatherstocking series.This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive text established by James Franklin Beard and James P. Elliott, which is the Approved Text of the Center for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association.

    1 in stock

    £12.59

  • The Deerslayer

    Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc The Deerslayer

    10 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    10 in stock

    £7.76

  • James Fenimore Cooper The Leatherstocking Tales

    The Library of America James Fenimore Cooper The Leatherstocking Tales

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe five novels in The Leatherstocking Tales (collected in two Library of America volumes), Cooper's great saga of the American wilderness, form a pageant of the American frontier. Cooper's hero, Natty Bumppo, is forced ever farther into the heart of the continent by the advance of civilization that he inadvertently serves as advance scout, missionary, and critic. Leatherstocking first appears in The Pioneers (1823), as an aged hunter living on the fringe of settlement near Templeton (Cooperstown), New York, at the end of the eighteenth century. There he becomes caught in the struggles of party, family, and class to control the changing American land and to determine what sort of civilization will replace the rapidly vanishing wilderness. When Natty Bumppo started an American tradition by setting off into the sunset at the novel's close, one early reader said, I longed to go with him.The Last of the Mohicans (1826)

    10 in stock

    £28.50

  • James Fenimore Cooper The Leatherstocking Tales

    The Library of America James Fenimore Cooper The Leatherstocking Tales

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisWhen Cooper's most memorable hero, Leatherstocking, started an American tradition by setting off into the sunset in The Pioneers, one early reader said of his departure, I longed to go with him. American readers couldn't get enough of the Leatherstocking saga (collected in two Library of America volumes) and, fourteen years after he portrayed the death of Natty Bumppo in The Prairie, Cooper brought him back in The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea (1841). During the Seven Years War, just after the events narrated in The Last of the Mohicans, Natty brings the daughter of a British sergeant to her father's station on the Great Lakes, where the French and their Indian allies are plotting a treacherous ambush. Here, for the first time, he falls in love with a woman, before Cooper manages bring off Leatherstocking's most poignant, and perhaps his most revealing, escape.The Deerslayer (1842) br

    10 in stock

    £29.75

  • James Fenimore Cooper Sea Tales LOA 54 The Pilot

    The Library of America James Fenimore Cooper Sea Tales LOA 54 The Pilot

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisIn The Pilot (1824) and The Red Rover (1828), James Fenimore Cooper invented a new literary genre: the sea novel. Collected here in a single Library of America volume, they are among his finest works. Bold, vigorous, original, each is a tale of high adventure that vividly captures the majesty and power of the seafaring life. Cooper drew on his direct knowledge of ships and sailors to present a truer picture of life on the sea than had ever before achieved in literature. As a boy of seventeen he had sailed before the mast on a merchantman bound from New York to London and then to Spain. On board he experienced the life of a common seaman, learned the craft of sailing, encountered terrifying storms, was chased by pirates, and watched the impressment of crew members by a British man-of-war. He later served as an officer in the United States Navy.The Pilot is loosely based upon stories of John Paul Jones’s daring hit-

    10 in stock

    £27.89

  • Level 2 The Last of the Mohicans

    Pearson Education Limited Level 2 The Last of the Mohicans

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisClassic / American English Uncas is the last of the Mohican Indians. He is with his father and Hawkeye when they meet Heyward. Heyward is taking the two young daughters of a British colonel to their father. But a Huron Indian who hates the British is near. Will the girls see their father again?

    2 in stock

    £14.32

  • The Pioneers: A Library of America Paperback

    The Library of America The Pioneers: A Library of America Paperback

    10 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe first of Cooper''s Leatherstocking Tales, The Pioneers introduces the character of Natty Bumppo, one of literature''s most unforgettable heroes, an outsider on the advancing edge of a civilization he can neither abide nor escape. Bumppo makes his first appearance here as an aged hunter living on the fringe of settlement near Templeton (Cooperstown), New York, at the end of the eighteenth century. An introduction by historian Alan Taylor (William Cooper''s Town) explores the real historical backdrop against which Cooper''s imagination flourished.

    10 in stock

    £9.45

  • James Fenimore Cooper: Two Novels Of The American

    The Library of America James Fenimore Cooper: Two Novels Of The American

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe American Revolution comes to vivid life in two dramatic tales of espionage, intrigue, and romance from the author of The Last of Mohicans.

    1 in stock

    £32.29

© 2026 Book Curl

    • American Express
    • Apple Pay
    • Diners Club
    • Discover
    • Google Pay
    • Maestro
    • Mastercard
    • PayPal
    • Shop Pay
    • Union Pay
    • Visa

    Login

    Forgot your password?

    Don't have an account yet?
    Create account