LR: How did you undertake your research? What were some of your best sources?
LG: My research was intense--I spent a long time in the New York State Historical library in Cooperstown, looking at old Freeman's Journals, theses on Cooperstown, boxes of clippings and other stuff. I read as much James Fenimore Cooper as I could and was lucky to have read this incredible book on William Cooper (James Fenimore Cooper's father), called William Cooper's Town (heartily recommended). And then, when I assembled everything, I began to twist facts this way and that, and my characters came alive, and twisted them some more.
Thanks for Lauren Groff for her great new book and for taking the time to answer my questions!LR
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