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

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

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

From Confessions and Criticisms by Hawthorne, Julian

Leather-Stocking appears in five of Cooper's books, which are commonly and collectively known as "the Leather-Stocking Tales."

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I by Lodge, Henry Cabot

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 Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford

The Leather-Stocking Tales had opened a new world to him, and he was charmed.

From The Story of Cooperstown by Birdsall, Ralph