SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER
\sˈuːzən fˈɛnɪmˌɔː kˈuːpə], \sˈuːzən fˈɛnɪmˌɔː kˈuːpə], \s_ˈuː_z_ə_n f_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_m_ˌɔː k_ˈuː_p_ə]\
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An American prose-writer, daughter of Fenimore Cooper; born in Scarsdale, N. Y., 1813; died in Cooperstown, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1894. During the last years of her father's life she was his secretary and amanuensis. She has written: "Rural Hours" (1850); "Fields Old and New" (1854); "The Shield: A Narrative"; "Mt. Vernon to the Children of America" (1858); "Rhyme and Reason of Country Life"; and others.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
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