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Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper: Quick Facts

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Born April 17, 1813 • Mamaroneck • New York
Died December 31, 1894 (aged 81) • Cooperstown • New York
Notable Works “Rural Hours”
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Charles Dudley Warner
American essayist
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John Oliver Killens
American writer and activist
Edmund White
Edmund White
American author
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
American author
Ha Jin
Ha Jin
Chinese American writer
Louis Auchincloss (centre) with Pres. George W. Bush and Laura Bush after receiving the National Medal of Arts, 2005.
Louis Auchincloss
American author
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Diane Johnson
American author and academic
June Jordan.
June Jordan
American author
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Elizabeth Hardwick
American writer
Wilfrid Sheed
Wilfrid Sheed
American author
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Albion W. Tourgée
American lawyer, judge, journalist, and novelist
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
American writer
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
Portrait of Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet, looking over his shoulder in a collared shirt, circa 1965.
Jack Kerouac
American writer
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Tillie Olsen
American author
James Baldwin stands against a plain background in a dress shirt and tie, arms crossed, holding a cigarette, looking directly at the camera.
James Baldwin
American author
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser
American author
Bret Easton Ellis seated in a red chair, wearing glasses and a black suit, resting his chin on his hand and looking at the camera at a Rome Film Festival event.
Bret Easton Ellis
American author
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American author

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