"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.
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