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Title |
William Cooper's Town : power and persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic |
Edition |
1st Vintage Books Ed., September 1996 |
Author |
Taylor, Alan, 1955- |
Published Date |
1996 |
Publisher |
Vintage Books a division of Random House, Inc. |
Call# |
HIS NY OTS 5200.1996 Taylor |
Catalog Number |
5200.1996.02 |
Summary |
"This innovative work of biography, social history, and literary analysis is a study of two men, father and son, who embodied the contradictions that divided America in the early days of the Republic. William Cooper rose from humble origins to become a wealthy land speculator and U.S. congressman in what had until lately been the wilderness of upstate New York, but his high-handed style of governing resulted in his fall from power and political disgrace. His son James Fenimore Cooper became one of this country's first popular novelists with a book, The Pioneers, that tried to come to terms with his father's failure and imaginatively reclaim the estate he had lost. Taylor dramatizes the clash between gentility and democracy that was on of the principal consequences of the American Revolution. Taylor shows how Americans resolved their revolution through the creation of new social reforms and new stories that evolved with the expansion of our frontier". Back cover of book. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Object Name |
Book |
Collection |
Books - History |
Subjects |
1.Cooperstown (N.Y.) - History. 2.Cooper, James Fenimore,1789-1851. Pioneers. 3.Cooper, James Fenimore |
Physical Description |
Paperback, 549 pages, viii, illustrated, maps, 25 cm. |
Accession number |
100.lib |
Imagefile |
024\5200199602.JPG |
Updated |
2024-12-10 |