James Fenimore Cooper, the most popular American writer of the early 19th century, died on this day in 1851, one day short of his birthday. He was born Sept. 15, 1789. He wrote:
"The tendencies of democracies are, in all things, to mediocrity."
Sunday, September 14, 2008
The Last of J. F. Cooper
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