, ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁– ▁January ▁ 2 0 , ▁ 1 9 7 0 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁writer ▁of ▁children ' s ▁books ▁and ▁non - f iction , ▁some ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁travel s . ▁His ▁first ▁book ▁was ▁a ▁translation ▁of ▁Alban ian ▁folk ▁tales . ▁ ▁Life ▁Paul ▁Fen imore ▁Cooper ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Alb any , ▁New ▁York , ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 9 , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁James ▁Fen imore ▁Cooper ▁( 1 8 5 8 – 1 9 3 8 ) ▁and ▁Susan ▁L inn ▁( S age ) ▁Cooper ▁( 1 8 6 6 – 1 9 3 3 ). ▁Her ▁brother ▁Henry ▁M . ▁S age ▁( 1 8 6 8 – 1 9 3 3 ) ▁became ▁a ▁state ▁sen ator . ▁Paul ▁was ▁a ▁great - grand son ▁of ▁the ▁novel ist ▁James ▁Fen imore ▁Cooper ▁( 1 7 8 9 – 1 8 5 1 ) ▁and ▁a ▁great - gre at - grand son ▁of ▁William ▁Cooper ▁( 1 7 5 4 – 1 8 0 9 ), ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁ ▁Cooper st own , ▁New ▁York . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁dist antly ▁related ▁to ▁Neb r aska ▁State ▁Represent ative ▁Paul ▁F . ▁Clark . ▁ ▁Cooper ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Cooper st own . ▁He ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁the ▁private ▁T aft ▁School , ▁at ▁Y ale ▁College , ▁and ▁at ▁Tr inity ▁College , ▁Cambridge . ▁At ▁Y ale ▁he ▁was ▁an ▁editor