Margaret Soltan reports the decision to rename the region formerly know as "Leatherstocking Region". Seems the name, which honors James Fenimore Cooper's hero of 5 novels, doesn't do anything for tourists.
Professor Soltan doesn't mourn the name change; indeed she adds insult to injury by quoting Mark Twain on the excellence of Cooper's literary talents. Twain was obviously jealous of Cooper. After all, has Daniel Day Lewis ever played one of Twain's heroes?
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