@article{353744, recid = {353744}, author = {Taylor, Alan,}, title = {William Cooper's town : power and persuasion on the frontier of the early American republic /}, publisher = {Vintage Books, a division of Random House,}, address = {New York :}, pages = {viii, 549 p., [16] p. of plates :}, year = {1996}, abstract = {A dual history and biography profiles William Cooper, a shrewd land developer, presiding judge, and U.S. Congressman, against the backdrop of post-Revolutionary War America, and explains how his life reflected the nation.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/353744}, }