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The Lake Gun

The Lake Gun

Cooper, James Fenimore

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Classic FictionGeneral Fiction

ISBN10: 1984224565
ISBN13: 9781984224569
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jan 29 2018
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.11
Height: 0.05 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
The Lake Gun by James Fenimore Cooper. 'The Lake Gun is a satirical short story by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1850. The short story was commission by George E. Wood for $100, and published in a miscellany titled The Parthenon. The short story satirizes political demagoguery, focused on William Henry Seward. The title of the story comes from a mysterious loud exploding sound coming from Seneca Lake, called The Lake Gun by European American settlers to the area, and known today as the Seneca Guns. These sounds remain unexplained to this day, with no clear or agreed-upon cause.

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