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Author:

Franklin, Wayne.

Title:

James Fenimore Cooper : the early years / Wayne Franklin.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xxxiv, 708 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Cooper, James Fenimore,--1789-1851.
Cooper, James Fenimore,--1789-1851--Childhood and youth.
Novelists, American--19th century--Biography.

Notes:

"Published with assistance from the Louis Stern Memorial Fund"--T.p. verso. 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.

ISBN:

0300108052 (cloth)
9780300108057 (cloth)

LCCN:

2006031247

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)