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

The famous "Leather-Stocking Tales" followed, and the world made the acquaintance of the America of the Indian and the pioneer in "The Deerslayer," "The Last of the Mohicans," "The Pathfinder," "The Pioneers," and "The Prairie."

From Historic Boyhoods by Holland, Rupert Sargent

He is one of the most important characters in this book, and under different names figures in the other volumes of The Leather-Stocking Tales.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert

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

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

From Confessions and Criticisms by Hawthorne, Julian

"Leather-Stocking Tales, The," 40, 55, 239; Cooper's opinion of, 241.

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