The Lake Gun

"'The Lake Gun" is a satiricall 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
  1. MacDougall, Hugh C. (2011). "Transcriber's Preface to "The Lake Gun"". James Fenimore Cooper Society. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. "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. San Diego (7).
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