JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, Burlington, N.J.
With his adventure-filled tales of pioneer life, frontiersmen, and Native Americans, 19th-century novelist Cooper brought the American wilderness vividly to life in stories like The Last of the Mohicans. The library behind the James Fenimore Cooper House-where the writer was born in 1789-contains an 1856 edition of his complete works. He lived in Burlington until he was just over a year old, when his father moved the family to upstate New York and founded Cooperstown. 357 High St., 609/386-4773, tourburlington.org, $5.