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James Fenimore Cooper’s *Home as Found* is a historical work that illustrates early American life, drawing on the author’s experience of frontier and city life. The novel is situated within the broader tradition of American fiction and historical narrative of the early 1800s.
First publish date: 1800
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: James Fenimore Cooper
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