James Fenimore Cooper

   I enjoyed Cooper's writing in The Pioneers because of the beautiful language he continually used. One passage I really enjoyed was "It was one of those picturesque and peculiar scenes, that belong to the Otsego, but which required the absence of the ice, and the softness of a summer's landscape, to be enjoyed in all its beauty." The picture he is able to create in my head was incredibly beautiful. He is able to continue the use of this language throughout the entire volume of the work, describing scenes of the places he and his daughter visit.