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Notions of the Americans: Picked Up by a Travelling Bachelor

Notions of the Americans: Picked Up by a Travelling Bachelor

by James Fenimore Cooper
Notions of the Americans: Picked Up by a Travelling Bachelor

Notions of the Americans: Picked Up by a Travelling Bachelor

by James Fenimore Cooper

Overview

A light-hearted narrative with the serious purpose of revealing the nature of this brand-new nation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108003865
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 07/20/2009
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - North American History
Pages: 492
Product dimensions: 1.10(w) x 8.50(h) x 5.51(d)

About the Author

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was an American novelist whose works include The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer, collectively known as The Leatherstocking Tales.

Date of Birth:

September 15, 1789

Date of Death:

September 14, 1851

Place of Birth:

Burlington, New Jersey

Place of Death:

Cooperstown, New York

Education:

Yale University (expelled in 1805)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Historical Introduction
Notions of the Americans

Dedication
Preface
Letter I
Letter II
Letter III
Letter IV
Letter V
Letter VI
Letter VII
Letter VIII
Letter IX
Letter X
Letter XI
Letter XII
Letter XIII
Letter XIV
Letter XV
Letter XVI
Letter XVII
Letter XVIII
Letter XIX
Letter XX
Letter XXI
Letter XXII
Letter XXIII
Letter XXIV
Letter XXV
Letter XXVI
Letter XXVII
Letter XXVIII
Letter XXIX
Letter XXX
Letter XXXI
Letter XXXII
Letter XXXIII
Letter XXXIV
Letter XXXV
Letter XXXVI
Letter XXXVII
Letter XXXVIII
Note A
Note B
Note C

Textual Commentary
Textual Notes
Emendations
Rejected Readings
Word Division
Appendix

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