San Antonio College Library

James Fenimore Cooper - American Writers 48 was first published in 1965. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

With biographical and historical information kept to a minimum, full attention is given to interpretation of the individual tales.

Preface / ix -- Abbreviations / xiii -- 1. Unearthing Herstory An Introduction -- 2. Surveying the Virgin Land -- The Documents of Exploration and Colonization, 1500 -- 1740 -- 3. Laying Waste Her Fields of Plenty -- The Eighteenth Century -- The Visionary Line: The Poetry of Philip Freneau -- The Dubious Pleasures of an American Farmer: Crevecoeur's Letters and Sketches -- Transitions -- 4. Singing Her Past and Singing Her Praises -- The Nineteeth...