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In which order were the Leatherstocking Tales published?
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James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper, painting by John Wesley Jarvis, 1822; in the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York.
The Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper were published in the following order:1
- The Pioneers (1823)
- The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
- The Prairie (1827)
- The Pathfinder (1840)
- The Deerslayer (1841)
Although these novels follow the life of Natty Bumppo from youth to old age, they were not written or published in chronological order of the character's life.1