The Eclipse (James Fenimore Cooper)

The Eclipse is an autobiographical vignette by James Fenimore Cooper that was written between 1833 and 1838, recounting his own experience witnessing a solar eclipse in Cooperstown on the morning of June 16, 1806. It was published posthumously in the September 1869 issue of Putnam's Monthly Magazine.^[1] Susan, Cooper's daughter, found it among his papers.^[2]

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The Eclipse by James Fenimore Cooper in the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library

Works by James Fenimore Cooper Leatherstocking Tales novels The Deerslayer The Last of the Mohicans The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea The Pioneers The Prairie Other novels Afloat and Ashore Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief The Bravo The Chainbearer The Crater The Headsman: The Abbaye des Vignerons The Heidenmauer Home as Found: Sequel to Homeward Bound Jack Tier, or the Florida Reef Lionel Lincoln Mercedes of Castile Miles Wallingford The Monikins The Oak Openings The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea Precaution The Red Rover The Redskins Satanstoe The Sea Lions The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground The Two Admirals The Water-Witch The Ways of the Hour The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish The Wing-and-Wing Wyandotte Short stories and Plays Tales for Fifteen No Steamboats Upside Down The Lake Gun Non-fiction The Chronicles of Cooperstown The Eclipse The History of the Navy of the United States of America Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers Ned Myers New York: or The Towns of Manhattan Notions of the Americans Old Ironsides Proceedings of the Naval Court-Martial in the Case of Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, &c. Political writings Letter to General Lafayette A Letter to His Countrymen The American Democrat Travel writings Gleanings in Europe: Switzerland Gleanings in Europe: The Rhine A Residence in France Gleanings in Europe: France Gleanings in Europe: England Gleanings in Europe: Italy Book:Leatherstocking Tales