Manuscript fragment from "Oak Openings", 1848.

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Manuscript fragment from "Oak Openings", 1848.

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This sixteen line fragment of one of Cooper's last novels deals with a debate between a Chippewa Indian and a white man on the role of women. It begins "Why not same?--skin make no difference" and ends "What paleface say, he no do."

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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...