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"Few
men exhibit greater diversity, or, if we may so express it, greater antithesis
of character than the native warrior of North America. In war, he is daring,
boastful, cunning, ruthless, self-denying, and self-devoted; in peace,
just, generous, hospitable, revengeful, superstitious, modest, and commonly
chaste." |
Focusing on Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans (1826), we researched the classical novel’s history and reception. To do so, we analyzed a selection of the novel’s editions from the Loyola Notre Dame Library stacks, paying particular attention to the use and the physical appearance of each edition. From the collection of books, we gathered a sense of when Cooper’s novel was popular in the Loyola classroom and with individual readers.
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James Fenimore Cooper
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