Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 309
e Ger-mans, to the Italiansand the Spaniards,Fenimore Cooper isas well known asWalter Scott. Irvingwas the first Americanwriter of short stories,but Cooper was thefirst American nov-elist ; and, to thepresent day, he isthe one Americannovelist whose fameis solidly establishedamong foreigners. Born… … JAMES FENIMORE COOPER. 873 stately mansion called Otsego Hall. The elderCooper was the owner of many thousand acresalong the head-waters of the Susquehanna, andin this wilderness, centering around the freshlyfounded village of Cooperstown, the son grewinto boyhood. He could pass his days on…
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