James Fenimore Cooper Research Paper

One of the historical figures I admire the most is General William Jackson Palmer. General Palmer was born in 1836 in Delaware. He would go on to become “A civil engineer, Civil War soldier, owner and co-founder of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, philanthropist” (historycolorado.org). During the Civil War, he quickly became a young general and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions. After relocating to Denver, his railroad success was only part of the impact he had on the Colorado frontier. He founded Colorado Springs with a Utopian vision in mind, and enforced a level of morality that was rarely seen in Colorado at that time. He would go on to establish organizations and buildings that aided the sick, supported and encouraged

Stewart was appointed district attorney for Nevada County by Democratic attorney general John R. McConnell and from June to December of 1854 he served as acting attorney general. Soon afterwards, he joins a law firm in San Francisco and a year later he marries, Former U.S Senator Henry Foote daughter, Annie Elizabeth Foote. In 1855, after failing to win the American Party (Know Nothing ) nominating for state attorney general he moved back to Nevada to continued his partnership with McConnell. In 1860, a year after the discovery of the Comstock Lode, he relocated to Virginia City, Nevada where he continued specializing in mining law. He became the area attorney, in which he was involved in complicated lawsuits for favoring large corporation against independent operations.

The best Christmas present I have ever received was an Alabama Football hat signed by Amari Cooper. The reason is is because he was the best college football player to ever play the game of football. Cooper was very educated, on top of that he never got in trouble. Cooper was very respectful, he is something everyone like me can look up to, everybody on the team looked up to him.

A spy in the American Revolution was a dangerous job some were shot and killed others were hanged.In the story Time Enough For Drums by Ann Rinaldi ,John Reid is a spy for the Americans and a tutor for Jemima Emerson. Jemima had hated him because she thought John was a Tory and John had made her work extra. Jemima soon files through John’s papers and it is revealed that he is a spy.Over all John Reid is a great spy in the american Revolution.

John Dilulio, who knew James Q. Wilson as a colleague and friend for the last 32 years of Wilson’s life, comments that despite Wilson’s prolific public and professional pursuits, he spent quality time with both his wife and two children. He always attended his children’s special events and took them on many trips abroad (Dilulio, 2012).

Nathan Hale is also another Revolutionary War spy. Hale became a martyr to the war cause. Hale was the captain in the colonial army. Word was sent from George Washington to Hale’s commander expressing his need for intelligence. No one would volunteer for the job. Hale decided it was his duty as an officer and to his country to take on the responsibility. He volunteered in front of his squad, which soon lead to his downfall.

Robert E "Bert" Shepard was born in Dana, Indiana on June 28, 1920. In 1941, the lefthander was pitching with the Bisbee Bees in the Arizona-Texas League where he had a 3-5 won-loss record but was also a useful utility player appearing at first base and in the outfield.

Cooper was born in New York City, the younger son of the writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and the artist, fashion designer, writer, and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt. His maternal grandparents were millionaire equestrian Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt and socialite Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and his maternal great-great-great-grandfather was business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who founded the prominent Vanderbilt shipping and railroad fortune. He is also a descendant, through his mother, of Civil War brevet Major General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, who was with General William T. Sherman on his march through Georgia. Through his "Vanderbilt" line, he is a second cousin, once removed, of screenwriter James Vanderbilt.

Nathan Hale, the first american spy to volunteer to go over enemy lines and gather much needed information for the Americans. Another spy was James Armistead, he was a black slave who went to the British side and pretend to be a runaway slave loyal to the king. Lieutenant Lewis Costigan was another one of our valuable spies. Lewis collected this information while still in his continental army uniform, Costigan was caught, but since he was wearing his uniform he was classified as a soldier not a spy. Their for keeping the secret of American spies

General Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. Introduction General Daniel “Chappie” James Jr. stated, “Our greatest weapon is one we have always possessed – our heritage of freedom, our unity as a nation.” (QUOTE) Now imagine if you was in the Air Force in 1945 as a fighter pilot and you just came back from war but you was not allowed to sit or eat in the same establishments as your white counterparts. General James knew that with no barriers the Air Force could be the strongest Airpower in the world but it he had to get pass segregation laws and fight for what he believed in early on in his career.

James Jarvis, had a major transformation after the loss of his only son, a black reformer Arthur, but later sought to achieve his son’s works of reform towards the community. Arthur’s work impacted his father’s way of life through his point of view when James found his work in the office that Arthur was working in. The transformation in which Jarvis experienced was like no other, for his perspective changed for the better. Before his transformation, Jarvis was a wealthy, English-speaking farmer who viewed native South Africans as a source of labor, and did not view South Africa’s injustice as relevant. After a speech made by John Kumalo on the labor of mine workers’ wages, John Harrison and Jarvis have a conversation, “...‘What did you think

He was born February 26, 1932 as J.R. Cash and died September 12, 2003. When J.R. Cash enlisted in the United States Air Force, he could not use initials as a first name so he took the name john R. Cash. Then in -55 signing with Sun Records, he took Johnny Cash as his stage name. He was married two times first with Vivian Liberto then in 68 with June Carter.

Introduction Paragraph - It was a dark and stormy night, when the mysterious D.B. Cooper parachuted into the unknown. Every action and word could have taken the flight crew’s lives, or so they thought. The strange, anonymous man who walked on that plane on the Eve of Thanksgiving is nameless no more. Most thought Cooper died the night of his infamous skyjacking, but I don’t. I’m going to prove that he lived.

Tom Clancy faced and met many challenges in life. He wanted to join the Military but he couldn't. So in that case he became an author of Contemporary Literature, which lead him to his most famous piece of work, The Hunt for Red October. For this book Clancy won the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for literary achievement from the, Navy League of the United States. He always wrote in school and when he wanted to join the military to become a reporter. The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy’s most famous published novel still being his first.

James Fenimore Cooper was the eleventh child of twelve. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Cooperstown, New York, where he later died. He attended Yale University for only two years, because he was expelled. The reason behind his expulsion was he pranked a fellow scholar by blowing up the student’s door. Because of this expulsion, he found a deep disdain towards New Englanders and became a sailor. Once his dad passed away, he inherited a large sum of money; he settled into a countryman lifestyle and married Susan Augusta De Lancy. After just two years of this lifestyle, his wife bet he could write a better novel than what she was reading at the time. From this, blossomed Precaution, a story of morals. Next, he wrote The Spy: