Fort William Henry: The Savages Explored The massacre of Fort William Henry occurred in the year 1757, when France's Native American allies captured, tortured, or killed 308 surrendered English. The incident was brutal, it has been told and retold throughout history by an array of authors,...

James Fenimore Cooper--The Historian James Fenimore Cooper is, in his own right, a historian. Cooper is responsible for passing on views of early America that will never be available to us again. He helped many Americans view Indians and other ethnic groups as people and not "savages&...

James Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans is considered to possibly be his best work. Last of the Mohicans was written in 1826 but takes place in 1757 during the French and Indian War. During this time of war, the French frequently allied themselves with Native American tribes to help get ...

The United States was founded on the principles derived from the Enlightenment. Given that romanticism was a reaction against the Age of Reason, why did romantic ideas so capture the minds of Americans in the early nineteenth century? During the mid-1800's, a new wave of lifestyles was ta...

 Last Of The Mohicans V. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner There are both similarities and differences between Last of the Mohicans and Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Both of these tales are considered to be epics. James Fenimore ...

Negatives of Frontierism Three writers, in their own times, had written stories and touched on the negatives of frontierism. Cooper, Irving, and Twain, have all touched on the repercussions of the expansion westward, ranging from racism to the destruction of entire peoples and the environment. I...