OT: War of 1812

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/27/2010 10:56 PM, victor steinbok wrote:
>I am ecstatic--160 years after the fact a researcher suggests that
>Cooper, a fiction writer, "carefully researched the Battle of Bunker
>Hill". One would hope that the research took place /before/ the
>publication date.

Read the introduction and notes to the State Univ. edition for its
editors' comments on his accuracy -- and when Cooper did his research.

Joel

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