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I've seen the claim that "The Deerslayer" sold so many copies in the 1840s that most American households must have had a copy. The idea of the majority of Amer
by kingkongrevenge 18y ago
I've seen the claim that "The Deerslayer" sold so many copies in the 1840s that most American households must have had a copy. The idea of the majority of Americans even attempting to read a book like that now is just ridiculous.
- dgordon 18y agoI don't know about The Deerslayer, but The Last of the Mohicans (about which you could say the same) sold millions of copies, so it would not surprise me.