| Description |
xxxiv, 708 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"Published with assistance from the Louis Stern Memorial Fund"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [523]-679) and index. |
| Contents |
The vision -- Lessons -- The voyage of the Stirling -- Midshipman James Cooper -- Love and war -- Fenimore Farm -- Gains and losses -- A better book -- An American tale -- Legal troubles -- Settlement -- Taking Manhattan -- Old tales and new -- Legends -- Hawk-eye -- Literary business. |
| Subject |
Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.
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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 -- Childhood and youth.
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Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780300108057 cloth |
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0300108052 cloth |
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