... but still contains many of his attributes. The characteristics of the American hero are similar in both Indiana Jones and Natty Bumppo. "An American novelist, travel writer, and social critic, James Fenimore Cooper is regarded as the first great American writer" (Groliers NP). "Cooper began writing at age thirty to demonstrate to his wife that he could write a better novel than the one he was ... increasingly popular and, as shown in recent comic books and movies, the future of action literature seems to depict the American hero of the future as only muscles and a thirst for blood. Natt...

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