| Description |
xxxiv, 708 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
"Published with assistance from the Louis Stern Memorial Fund"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [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 |
0300108052 (cloth) |
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9780300108057 (cloth) |
| Standard No. |
YDXCP 2497308 |
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AU@ 000040934142 |
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NZ1 11034507 |
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NLGGC 307350037 |
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