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100 1 _aCooper, James Fenimore,
_d1789-1851
245 1 4 _aThe Lake Gun
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2000
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lake_Gun
500 _aRelease date is 2000-09-01
508 _aProduced by Hugh C. MacDougall. HTML version by Al Haines.
520 _a"The Lake Gun" by James Fenimore Cooper is a satirical short story published in 1850. Set on Seneca Lake in Central New York, the story follows a traveler investigating mysterious explosions echoing across the water and a floating tree trunk known as the "Wandering Jew." A college-educated Iroquois shares a legend about See-wise, a demagogue who defied the Great Spirit and suffered eternal punishment. Cooper uses this Native American tale to satirize political demagoguery, warning against leaders who abandon tradition and manipulate their followers for personal gain. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aCuriosities and wonders -- Fiction
653 _aSeneca Lake (N.Y.) -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2328
999 _c44409
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