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    The Headsman Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
    The Headsman Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
    The Headsman Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
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    The Headsman Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons

    By James Fenimore Cooper

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    The Headsman Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
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    James Fenimore Cooper

    James Fenimore Cooper was born in 1789 in New Jersey, but later moved to Cooperstown in New York, where he lived most of his life. His novel The Last of the Mohicans was one of the most widely read novels in the 19th century and is generally considered to be his masterpiece. His novels have been adapted for stage, radio, TV and film.

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