Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper
1813–94
American author. Daughter of the novelist James Fenimore Cooper (DAB); acted as his amanuensis until his death in 1850. Wrote and edited books on the countryside, of which the most successful was Journal of a naturalist in the United States (also published as Rural hours) (London, 1850).
Sources
BLC
DAB
NUC.
Bibliography
BLC: The British Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975. 360 vols. and supplement (6 vols.). London: Clive Bingley; K. G. Saur. 1979–88.
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
NUC: The national union catalog. Pre-1956 imprints. 685 vols. and supplement (69 vols.). London and Chicago: Mansell. 1968–81.
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