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Letters and Journals, Volume 5
James Fenimore Cooper
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Description for Letters and Journals, Volume 5
Hardcover. Editor(s): Beard, James Franklin. Num Pages: 444 pages, 16 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 1 genealogical chart. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 0. Weight in Grams: 666.
James Fenimore Cooper's magnificent vision of American civilization was probably doomed from the outset. Yet the dream died hard, as the years (1845-1851) recorded in volumes V and VI of his Letters and Journals show. Vigorous and perceptive as ever at 55, he continued to combat forces in the national life that he feared were destroying its civility and constitutional structures. When, finally, he realized that his efforts were barren, he found some solace in religion. Cooper mellowed perceptibly in his later years, and his genius for friendship is perhaps better revealed here than in earlier volumes. And his range ... Read more
James Fenimore Cooper's magnificent vision of American civilization was probably doomed from the outset. Yet the dream died hard, as the years (1845-1851) recorded in volumes V and VI of his Letters and Journals show. Vigorous and perceptive as ever at 55, he continued to combat forces in the national life that he feared were destroying its civility and constitutional structures. When, finally, he realized that his efforts were barren, he found some solace in religion. Cooper mellowed perceptibly in his later years, and his genius for friendship is perhaps better revealed here than in earlier volumes. And his range ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
Number of Pages
444
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674014688
SKU
V9780674014688
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