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James Fenimore Cooper : the early years / Wayne Franklin.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Franklin, Wayne.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.
- Cooper, James Fenimore.
- Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851--Childhood and youth.
- Novelists, American--19th century--Biography.
- Novelists, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 708 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- The first treatment of Coopers life based on full access to his family papers, Franklin relates that the authors life is the story of how, in literature and countless other endeavors, Americans sought to solidify their independence from Britain and stipulate what the maturing republic was to become.
- Contents:
- 1 The Vision 1
- 3 The Voyage of the Stirling 61
- 4 Midshipman James Cooper 101
- 5 Love and War 140
- 6 Fenimore Farm 180
- 7 Gains and Losses 216
- 8 A Better Book 240
- 9 An American Tale 270
- 10 Legal Troubles 302
- 11 Settlement 335
- 12 Taking Manhattan 367
- 13 Old Tales and New 400
- 14 Legends 428
- 15 Hawk-eye 454
- 16 Literary Business 491.
- Notes:
- "Published with assistance from the Louis Stern Memorial Fund"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [523]-679) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300108057
- 0300108052
- OCLC:
- 71427312
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