Franklin, Wayne. <br/><br/>
James Fenimore Cooper :  The Early Years / 
Wayne Franklin. 
 - New Haven, Conn :  Yale University Press,  c2007. 
 - xxxiv, 708 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill., map ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> "Published with assistance from the Louis Stern Memorial Fund"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-679) and index. 
<br/><br/>The vision -- Lessons -- The voyage of the Stirling -- Midshipman James Cooper -- Love and war -- Fenimore Farm -- Gains and losses -- A better book -- An American tale -- Legal troubles -- Settlement -- Taking Manhattan -- Old tales and new -- Legends -- Hawk-eye -- Literary business. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300108057 (cloth) 0300108052 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006031247 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA725911  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>013708848  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. <br/>Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 --Childhood and youth.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Novelists, American--19th century--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS1431  / .F73 2007