Coover
Americannoun
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Harry Coover was attempting to develop transparent plastics when he instead created a substance that bonded instantly to nearly any surface.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2026
“Bloodline” reminds me of the breed of darkly comic postwar novels by Robert Coover, William H. Gass, Harry Crews and others, in which regional manias stand in for a broader national lunacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Coover appeared on the PBS program “Antiques Roadshow,” and assisted in the sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Hammer Codex” to Bill Gates for a record $30.2 million in 1994.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
Mr. Coover, who died in a hospital, lived in Montclair, N.J.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
The resolutions were presented by the chairman, Miss Bertha Coover, corresponding secretary of the Ohio Suffrage Association, the committee as usual consisting of one member from each State delegation.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Ida Husted Harper
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