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State University of New York Press

Notions of the Americans: Picked Up by a Travelling Bachelor

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Title: Notions of the Americans: Picked Up by a Travelling Bachelor
Author: James Fenimore Cooper
ISBN: 9780791402139
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: Illustrated
Number of Pages: 807
Condition Note: Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: Notions of the Americans in considered Cooper's first work of non-fiction despite a thin overlay of character and plot. Written in the form of a travel narrative, it addresses the widespread ignorance he encountered in Europe about the people and institutions of the United States. It is an exuberant chant of praise for American representative democracy, encapsulating the utopian vision that compelled Cooper's writing career over three decades.

The introduction draws on materials never before published. this edition, distinguished by the seal of the Center for Scholarly Editions, is the first resetting of the text since the initial American edition in 1828.