James Fenimore Cooper can rightly be called the father of an American adventure novel. Thanks to him, the amazing and peculiar realities of a distant continent, populated by ruthless and brave Indians, desperately and hopelessly protecting their native lands from a pale-faced person, entered the literature. Bright, unusual and fascinating novels by James Fenimore Cooper have enjoyed tremendous success around the world, including in Russia, where they were actively translated already in the 1840s.