Leather-Stocking Tales

[ leth -er-stok-ing ]

/ ˈlɛð ərˌstɒk ɪŋ /

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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