James Fenimore Cooper : The Early Years - Franklin, Wayne (New Haven, Conn : Yale University Press, 2007)
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.
"Published with assistance from the Louis Stern Memorial Fund"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [523]-679) and index.
Keywords: Cooper, James Fenimore, -- 1789-1851.; Cooper, James Fenimore, -- 1789-1851 -- Childhood and youth; Novelists, American -- 19th century -- Biography