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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Example Sentences

Cooper himself comes to the defense of his Indians in the preface of the Leather-Stocking Tales.

From The Story of Cooperstown by Birdsall, Ralph

The "Leather-Stocking Tales" of Cooper are the American epic.

From Confessions and Criticisms by Hawthorne, Julian

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 Birdsall, Ralph

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

From The Story of Cooperstown by Birdsall, Ralph

If anything from the pen of the writer of these romances," he said, toward the close of his life, "is at all to outlive himself, it is unquestionably the series of 'The Leather-Stocking Tales.'

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