James Fenimore Cooper Program
Video Clip List
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| Clip # |
Start Time
| End Time
| Description
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| 1 |
1:25.0 |
1:42.2 |
Quote from The Last of the Mohicans, visual of Cooperstown |
| 2 |
2:48.6 |
3:15.9 |
Why James Fenimore Cooper is worthy of our attention today |
| 3 |
3:16.0 |
3:47.6 |
Is he unique in his writing about the wilderness? |
| 4 |
3:54.2 |
4:29.7 |
When was Cooper born? |
| 5 |
4:30.2 |
5:00.0 |
Introduction of author and book |
| 6 |
5:21.1 |
5:53.9 |
What is the most misunderstood thing about Cooper |
| 7 |
5:54.0 |
6:40.0 |
When did he die, children, education, life as a seaman |
| 8 |
6:40.5 |
6:50.7 |
Family money |
| 9 |
6:53.0 |
7:41.7 |
Why did Cooper's father move to, and establish, Cooperstown? Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 10 |
7:42.0 |
8:20.3 |
When did William Cooper die, effect on James Cooper |
| 11 |
8:20.6 |
8:44.0 |
Was he an aristocrat? |
| 12 |
8:44.0 |
9:38.0 |
Why did he become a writer? |
| 13 |
9:38.5 |
10:11.8 |
Which made him wealthy, the land or the books? Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 14 |
10:11.9 |
10:19.9 |
How many books did he write? |
| 15 |
10:19.9 |
10:38.8 |
Which book is he known best for? |
| 16 |
11:13.5 |
11:36.5 |
What were books sales like in 1826? |
| 17 |
11:37..3 |
12:04.1 |
How much would a book cost, who was his audience |
| 18 |
12:11.9 |
12:58.7 |
How did he go about getting published? |
| 19 |
13:00.0 |
14:32.1 |
Time period of his writing |
| 20 |
12:33.0 |
15:34.3 |
Travels/Writing in Europe |
| 21 |
15:37.1 |
16:05.0 |
What is a leather stocking? |
| 22 |
16:05.9 |
16:29.0 |
What did Cooper look like, personality? |
| 23 |
17:00.0 |
17:54.2 |
Discussion/Visual of Lake Ostego; which books were written/set there |
| 24 |
18:08.5 |
19:07.1 |
Discovery of upstate New York |
| 25 |
19:09.0 |
19:31.0 |
Distance from NYC, Lake George |
| 26 |
19:31.3 |
23:14.9 |
Discussion of The Last of the Mohicans through volume one Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 27 |
23:56.6 |
26:25.5 |
Is Cooper's description of the Indians at Fort Henry truthful |
| 28 |
26:26.5 |
29:20.0 |
Ending of The Last of the Mohicans |
| 29 |
29:23.8 |
31:39.8 |
Giving away of the ending, racial message, hokieness of The Deer Slayer |
| 30 |
31:42.4 |
32:50.0 |
Flavor of his writing style, quote |
| 31 |
32:53.1 |
34:01.2 |
More discussion of novel, Cora taken prisoner |
| 32 |
34:04.7 |
35:17.7 |
Character descriptions |
| 33 |
35:35.4 |
36:46.7 |
Who was his "competition", did he enjoy writing? |
| 34 |
36:53.3 |
37:43.4 |
Where did Cooper write the novel? |
| 35 |
38:57.1 |
39:37.5 |
Critic of novel Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 36 |
39:57.7 |
41:59.4 |
Cooper's relationship with his father |
| 37 |
42:02.7 |
43:20.7 |
What did The Leatherstocking Tales say about the frontier? Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 38 |
43:42.4 |
45:03.4 |
How accurate is the description of the Heron tribe? |
| 39 |
45:13.0 |
45:54.9 |
Discussion of house |
| 40 |
46:46.0 |
47:32.0 |
Painting of Hudson River school Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 41 |
48:37.4 |
49:22.5 |
Cooper family memorabilia |
| 42 |
49:26.7 |
52:09.8 |
Mark Twain essay, factual errors in Cooper's writing |
| 43 |
52:18.3 |
52:51.3 |
Model of Ostego hall; Gothic style |
| 44 |
53:03 |
54:38 |
The story and success of the novel, The Spy |
| 45 |
55:50.0 |
56:19.0 |
Copyright situation, sales in Europe |
| 46 |
57:40.6 |
58:38.3 |
Seafaring novels, compare with Hornblower novels |
| 47 |
59:26.8 |
1:00:41 |
Did Cooper ever write himself into one of his characters? |
| 48 |
1:01:12 |
1:02:17 |
Was he a historically accurate writer? |
| 49 |
1:02:24 |
1:04:00 |
Novel's influence on Hollywood and European's view of America Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 50 |
1:04:12 |
1:06:11 |
Origins of tribal names; depiction of relationships |
| 51 |
1:06:47 |
1:07:08 |
Visuals/description of document; Portrait of William Cooper |
| 52 |
1:07:19 |
1:08:45 |
Relationship between Doubleday and Cooper; did they play baseball? |
| 53 |
1:08:48 |
1:09:35 |
Visuals/descriptions of screens w/ letters and photographs |
| 54 |
1:09:46 |
1:10:41 |
Influence of Sir Walter Scott on Cooper Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 55 |
1:11:24 |
1:16:23 |
Tour of Art Museum
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| 56 |
1:19:51 |
1:21:24 |
Visuals of historical and biographical information related to Cooper |
| 57 |
1:22:10 |
1:24:22 |
Was Cooper accurate in his depiction of American Indians, what do Native Americans think of his novels? |
| 58 |
1:25:15 |
1:26:58 |
Was Natty Bumpo based on Conrad Bumso, relation to Ben Franklin |
| 59 |
1:26:59 |
1:28:21 |
Did Cooper's books affect U.S. policy towards Native Americans? |
| 60 |
1:28:46 |
1:30:32 |
Fort Henry massacre, Cooper sensitive to Indians? |
| 61 |
1:30:40 |
1:31:15 |
Cooper's writing style |
| 62 |
1:31:22 |
1:34:20 |
Quote on justice, Indian fear of slavery |
| 63 |
1:34:20 |
1:36:04 |
What were Cooper's political views, views of Andrew Jackson |
| 64 |
1:36:39 |
1:39:36 |
Mythology of American riflemen, description of leather stocking |
| 65 |
1:40:02 |
1:41:53 |
Was Cooper part Mohican, Natty's background? |
| 66 |
1:42:06 |
1:44:10 |
Does Cooper have a statement to say about American politics? |
| 67 |
1:44:36 |
1:47:53 |
Visual of Cooper statue, quote from Declaration of Independence, stereotypes of Native Americans |
| 68 |
1:47:55 |
1:48:55 |
Cooper's views of slavery, opposed abolition |
| 69 |
1:49:14 |
1:52:43 |
Nathaniel Shipman and influence on The Leather Stocking Tales, Cooper researcher, many influences
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| 70 |
1:53:20 |
1:55:23 |
Cooper's belief that Indians were doomed people, plot to destroy Delaware and Pennsylvania Mohicans |
| 71 |
1:55:50 |
1:57:00 |
Basis of French and Indian war, French wanted to conquer Canada Watch | Back to Lesson |
| 72 |
1:57:15 |
1:59:30 |
Introduction of Cooper's descendents, loss of wilderness and frontier Cooper's legacy |
| 73 |
1:59:39 |
2:00:09 |
Donation of Cooper's library |
| 74 |
2:00:10 |
2:01:31 |
Descendent's opinion of literary quality of Cooper's books |
| 75 |
2:01:54 |
2:02:58 |
State of economy in 1826, symbolic year |
| 76 |
2:03:00 |
2:04:50 |
Condition and population of Native Americans in 1826, move into Ohio |
| 77 |
2:05:00 |
2:05:57 |
Poetry in The Last of the Mohicans, symbolism of Shakespeare quote |
| 78 |
2:06:28 |
2:07:29 |
Motivation for Cooper's writing, his discussion of things near to his heart, contradiction with his political views |
| 79 |
2:07:30 |
2:09:12 |
How did the Native Americans feel about the novel, how has Cooper's literary reputation changed |
| 80 |
2:13:39 |
2:14:19 |
Languages his novels are translated in, popularity of leather stocking tales |
| 81 |
2:14:35 |
2:15:09 |
Did he use Wyeth's drawings in his books |
| 82 |
2:16:19 |
2:17:44 |
Twain critical of Cooper and Jane Austin, was he being humorous? |
| 83 |
2:17:52 |
2:18:54 |
The navel novels; the sea as a force that "tested" characters, similar to the forest |
| 83 |
2:19:06 |
2:20:21 |
Significance of name Fenimore? |
| 84 |
2:20:49 |
2:22:35 |
Opinion of film adaptation |
| 85 |
2:25:06 |
2:25:30 |
Description of Cora Monroe |
| 86 |
2:25:30 |
2:25:52 |
How many times has Last of the Mohicans been adapted to the silver screen? |
| 87 |
2:26:00 |
2:26:46 |
Discussion of Cora's race-light skin mulatto |
| 88 |
2:26:56 |
2:27:41 |
Significance of Unka and Cora's death, notion that America doesn't have a multi-racial future |
| 89 |
2:27:45 |
2:28:25 |
Quaker influences in Cooper's writing |
| 90 |
2:28:35 |
2:29:03 |
Significance of race |
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