William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic by Taylor, Alan

William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic

William Cooper and James Fenimore Cooper, a father and son who embodied the contradictions that divided America...
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Author: Alan Taylor
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Language: English
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William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic by Taylor, Alan

William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic

€34,09

William Cooper's Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic

€34,09
Author: Alan Taylor
Format: Paperback
Language: English
William Cooper and James Fenimore Cooper, a father and son who embodied the contradictions that divided America in the early years of the Republic, are brought to life in this Pulitzer Prize-winning book.

William Cooper rose from humble origins to become a wealthy land speculator and U.S. congressman in what had until lately been the wilderness of upstate New York, but his high-handed style of governing resulted in his fall from power and political disgrace. His son James Fenimore Cooper became one of this country's first popular novelists with a book, The Pioneers, that tried to come to terms with his father's failure and imaginatively reclaim the estate he had lost.

In William Cooper's Town, Alan Taylor dramatizes the class between gentility and democracy that was one of the principal consequences of the American Revolution, a struggle that was waged both at the polls and on the pages of our national literature. Taylor shows how Americans resolved their revolution through the creation of new social reforms and new stories that evolved with the expansion of our frontier.

Author: Alan Taylor
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 08/27/1996
Pages: 576
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.25h x 4.92w x 1.16d
ISBN: 9780679773009


Award: Pulitzer Prize - Winner


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 09/22/1996 pg. 40
New York Times 12/08/1996 pg. 101
Publishers Weekly 07/15/1996

About the Author
Born and raised in Maine, Alan Taylor teaches American and Canadian history at the University of Virginia. His books include The Divided Ground, Writing Early American History, American Colonies, and William Cooper's Town, which won the Bancroft and Pulitzer prizes for American history. He also serves as a contributing editor to The New Republic.

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