The Lake Gun
"'The Lake Gun" is a satirical short story by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1850.[1] The short story was commission by George E. Wood for $100, and published in a miscellany titled The Parthenon.[1] The short story satirizes political demagoguery, focused on William Henry Seward.[1]
The title of the story comes from a mysterious loud exploding sound coming from Seneca Lake, called "The Lake Gun" by European American settlers to the area,[2] and known today as the Seneca Guns. These sounds remain unexplained to this day, with no clear or agreed-upon cause.[3]
References
- ^ a b c MacDougall, Hugh C. (2011). "Transcriber's Preface to "The Lake Gun"". James Fenimore Cooper Society.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Walker, Warren S. (1978). ""The Lake Gun" (1850)". Plots and Characters in the Fiction of James Fenimore Cooper. Hamden, CT: Archon Books. pp. 84–86 – via James Fenimore Cooper Society.
- ^ "Earthquake Booms, Seneca Guns, and Other Sounds". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
Further reading
- MacDougall, Hugh C. (August 1996). "First and Last Tales: "Imagination" and "The Lake Gun"". James Fenimore Cooper Society Miscellaneous Papers (7). San Diego.
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