He also wrote a number of plays, including the comedy-drama Pluck which was produced by Lawrence Barrett in 1873.
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He was totally blind from 1903 and called "The Blind Laureate of the Lost Cause."
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Thomas Cooper de Leon is named for the good friend of his father, the outspoken Thomas Cooper, president of the University of South Carolina.
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