The Leatherstocking Tales

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historical novel cycle novel series

The Leatherstocking Tales is a series of historical novels by James Fenimore Cooper that follow frontiersman Natty Bumppo through the early American wilderness and conflicts between settlers and Native Americans.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Leatherstocking Tales	0	7
James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Country	0	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical novel cycle → novel series →
author	James Fenimore Cooper →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: United States
focusesOn	American frontier → conflicts between settlers and Native Americans → wilderness exploration →
followsCharacter	frontiersman →
hasPart	The Deerslayer → The Last of the Mohicans → The Pathfinder → The Pioneers → The Prairie →
hasRecurringCharacter	Chingachgook → Native American characters →
historicalContext	American Revolutionary era → French and Indian War (as part of British America) → surface form: French and Indian War
influenced	American frontier literature → Western genre →
literaryGenre	adventure fiction → historical fiction →
mainCharacter	Natty Bumppo →
narrativeOrder	The Deerslayer → The Last of the Mohicans → The Pathfinder → The Pioneers → The Prairie →
notableWorkInSeries	The Last of the Mohicans →
originalLanguage	English →
protagonistAlsoKnownAs	The Deerslayer → surface form: Deerslayer Hawkeye → Natty Bumppo → surface form: Leatherstocking
publicationCentury	19th century →
publicationOrder	The Deerslayer → The Last of the Mohicans → The Pathfinder → The Pioneers → The Prairie →
setIn	Great Plains → surface form: American Great Plains Great Lakes region → New York frontier →
settingPeriod	18th century North America → early 19th century North America →
theme	cultural conflict → individualism → nature versus civilization → wilderness ethics →