{"product_id":"the-american-democrat-james-fenimore-cooper-9780913966914","title":"The American Democrat","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe American Democrat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was first published in 1838, Cooper's position as America's first major novelist obscured his serious contribution to the discussion of American principles and politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Yet Cooper,\" says H. L. Mencken, \"was probably the first American to write about Americans in the really frank spirit . . . a simple, sound and sensible tract, moderate in tone and extraordinarily astute in its conclusions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCooper provides a concise statement of the principles of American democracy and of its social ramifications. He was concerned that these principles and our institutions would be perverted-especially by the confusion of an equality of rights with equality of condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Fenimore Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0913966916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780913966914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.20d","brand":"James Fenimore Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056918130943,"sku":"9780913966914","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb0a83fe-a7fc-4068-b997-32161d5925a6.jpg?v=1685043993","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-american-democrat-james-fenimore-cooper-9780913966914","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}