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"Leatherstocking Stories" is a series of novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. Through the life activities of "Leatherstocking", the works reflect the history of the struggle on the western frontier before and after the American Revolutionary War. This book is in English and should not be missed by English lovers. The five novels in the series by American writer Cooper all have the hunter Nattie Bamboo nicknamed "Leatherstocking" as the central character. The five novels in order of writing are: "Pioneers", "The Last of the Mohicans", "Prairie", "Pathfinder" and "The Deer Killer". The work describes the frontier movement and is the first breakthrough to incorporate recent American history into the novel. The work reflects the intricate struggles that took place in the United States at that time and is considered the beginning of Native American literature. The Five Parts had a great influence on American western novels and still has many readers today. Cooper's novels better explain the full manifestation of the American Dream in people at that time, and can be said to have a distinct flavor of the times.