His father, a Federalist member of Congress, moved to the frontier of rural New York.
His father, a Federalist member of Congress, moved to the frontier of rural New York. Expelled from Yale because of a prank, he became a sailor and rose to the rank of lieutenant. Later in his life he traveled extensively and became American consul at Lyons; his scholarly writings include Naval History of the United States, and although his first book Precaution was a failure, his later novels were very successful. FTP name this author of The Two Admirals, The Pilot, and the Littlepage Manuscripts.
His father, a Federalist member of Congress, moved to the frontier of rural New York.
James Fenimore Cooper