He was an American author whose The Pioneers 1823 and Last of the Mohicans 1826 among first distinctively novels ripe with adventures frontier?
The American author you are describing is
James Fenimore Cooper.
His novels, including *The Pioneers* (1823) and *The Last of the Mohicans* (1826), are considered among the first distinctively American novels, filled with adventure and tales of the frontier.