Wyandotté (novel)

Wyandotté is a historical novel published by James Fenimore Cooper in 1843.^[1] The novel is set in New York state during the American Revolution.^[1] The main character of the novel is an Indian, "Saucy Nick" also called Wyandotté ("Great Chief"), whose depictions violate stereotypes of Native Americans.^[2]

Critic Jame H. Pickering described the novel as rejecting the more established histories of the New York/Canada border war during the Revolution.^[1] In part the novel represents Cooper's own knowledge of the regional oral history and affiliation with soldiers who had experienced the war.^[1]

Critical reception

In his 1968 review of the novel, critic James H. Pickering called the novel one of "Cooper's more successful efforts".^[1]

References

1. Pickering, James H. (April 1968). "New York in the Revolution: Cooper's Wyandotté". New York History. XLIX (2): 121–141 – via James Fenimore Cooper Society.
2. Abel, Darrel (2002-10-01). "James Fenimore Cooper". The Nascence of American Literature. iUniverse. pp. 350–395. ISBN 9780595250899.

Further reading

• Ringe, Donald A. (1962). James Fenimore Cooper. New Haven. pp. 101–105.
• House, Kay Seymour (1965). Cooper's Americans. Ohio State University Press. pp. 49–56.
• Walker, Jeffrey (July 1986). George A. Test, ed. "Fenimore Cooper's Wyandotté and the Cyclic Course of Empire". State University of New York College at Oneonta: 94–104 – via James Fenimore Cooper Society.
• Williams, Jr., Kennedy (1978). George A. Test, ed. "Cooper's Use of American History". State University of New York College at Oneonta and Cooperstown, New York: 15–25 – via James Fenimore Cooper Society.
• Schramer, James J. (August 1995). ""A Bold Stroke against the Wilderness": Wyandotté and Cooper's Critique of the Jeffersonian Ideology of Domestic Production". James Fenimore Cooper Society Miscellaneous Papers. Baltimore (6) – via James Fenimore Cooper Society.