Leather-Stocking Tales

American  

[leth-er-stok-ing] / ˈlɛð ərˌstɒk ɪŋ /

noun

1. a series of historical novels by James Fenimore Cooper, comprising The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer.

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Leather-Stocking Tales

Had Fenimore Cooper remained in Burlington he might have written good novels, but not The Leather-Stocking Tales, for which he is most renowned.

From The Story of Cooperstown by Ralph Birdsall

Otsego Lake is chiefly famous as the scene of events in two of Cooper's Leather-Stocking Tales.

From The Story of Cooperstown by Ralph Birdsall

The set 10.00 Half calf 25.00 Leather-Stocking Tales.

From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett

When the Leather-Stocking Tales were afterward published complete they of course followed the logical order in the presentation of the hero's life, without regard to the dates of original publication.

From The Story of Cooperstown by Ralph Birdsall

In 1823, accordingly, appeared "The Pioneers," itself the pioneer of the five famous stories, which now go collectively under the name of the "Leather-Stocking Tales."

From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury