His career began when he made a bet with his wife that he could write a better book than the one he was then reading.
His career began when he made a bet with his wife that he could write a better book than the one he was then reading. The book that resulted from this wager, Precaution, sold poorly; however, his follow­up The Spy did well enough to allow him to quit farming and write for a living. Noted for works of pioneer life, at age 34 he published the first American sea tale, The Pilot. FTP, who is this author infinitely better­known for The Prairie, The Pioneers, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer,  and The Last of the Mohicans?
His career began when he made a bet with his wife that he could write a better book than the one he was then reading.
James Fenimore Cooper