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James Fenimore Cooper was very dissatisfied with his American Revolutionary War novel Lionel Lincoln, his only "strict attempt" at historical fiction?
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I know it has been many years since this comment but I had to take a moment to chime in. Yes, this is an odd thing to suggest, as most of Cooper's novels were historical fiction, including several that came before Lionel Lincoln. --
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