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The following books received a James Fenimore Cooper Prize from The Society of American Historians. For James Fenimore Cooper Prize-winning writers, see Category:James Fenimore Cooper Prize winners .
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought him fame and fortune.
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The prize has been awarded since 1993. It is given to honor a work of literary fiction that "makes a significant contribution to historical understanding, portrays authentically the people and events of the historical past, and displays skills in narrative construction and prose style" and that concerns American history.
The following writers have all received a James Fenimore Cooper Prize from The Society of American Historians. For the individual books that have received James Fenimore Cooper Prizes, see Category:James Fenimore Cooper Prize–winning works.
Lionel Lincoln is a historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in 1825.Set in the American Revolutionary War, the novel follows Lionel Lincoln, a Boston-born American of British noble descent who goes to England and returns a British soldier, and is forced to deal with the split loyalties in his family and friends to the American colonies and the British homeland.
It is based on the 1841 novel The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The film was released on September 10, 1957 by 20th Century-Fox . Plot
James Fenimore Cooper: His Country and His Art (Papers from the 1979 Conference at State University College of New York, Oneonta and Cooperstown). pp. 11– 39. Rans, Geoffrey (1991). Cooper's Leather-Stocking Novels: A Secular Reading. University of North Carolina Press. White, Craig (2006). Student Companion to James Fenimore Cooper.