If we would have civilization and the exertion indispensable to its success, we must have property; if we have property, we must have its rights; if we have the rights of property, we must take those consequences of the rights of property which are inseparable from the rights themselves.
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| Birth: | 15th September, 1789 |
| Death: | 14th September, 1851 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist |
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James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington, New Jersey, USA. He was an American novelist of the early 19th century. He studied at Yale University. Before embarking on his career as a writer, he served in the U.S. Navy as a midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He wrote several novels include: Precaution, The Spy, The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea, Lionel Lincoln, The Prairie, The Red Rover, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer, The Chainbearer, The Redskins, The Sea Lions, and The Ways of the Hour.
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