Leather-Stocking Tales

[ leth-er-stok-ing ]

noun

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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It is the poorest of the Leather Stocking tales, nor was its success either marked or spontaneous.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 | Various
"You've read the 'Leather-Stocking Tales,'" said Wilhelm, ironically.
Atlantis | Gerhart Hauptmann
And yet he was an original; for he assured us that he had never read the Leather-Stocking Tales.
On Horseback | Charles Dudley Warner
Let him read the Leather Stocking Tales if he loves pioneers and frontier life.
Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 | Howard Phillips Lovecraft
The Leather-Stocking Tales had opened a new world to him, and he was charmed.
The Story of Cooperstown | Ralph Birdsall

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