[The water-witch : manuscript fragment of chapter 3 / James Fenimore Cooper] [ca. 1830]

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[The water-witch : manuscript fragment of chapter 3 / James Fenimore Cooper] [ca. 1830]

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A manuscript fragment of the opening of chapter 3 of The water-witch, or , The skimmer of the seas, published in 1830. The fragment includes the opening two paragraphs and a portion of the third paragraph and on the verso contains subsequent paragraphs.

[2] p. ; 17 cm.

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly befo...