{"product_id":"the-american-democrat-james-fenimore-cooper-9780913966921","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 0913966924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780913966921\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 Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.01w x 0.89d","brand":"James Fenimore Cooper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947474223359,"sku":"9780913966921","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c2809409-7483-4ab7-8884-373bed14869d.jpg?v=1681518944","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-american-democrat-james-fenimore-cooper-9780913966921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}