“The publication arc of the Leatherstocking Tales parallels the Jackson presidency. For those who consumed the books in that period and throughout the nineteenth century – generations of young white men – the novels became perceived fact, not fiction, and the basis for the coalescence of US American nationalism.”

“The publication arc of the Leatherstocking Tales parallels the Jackson presidency. For those who consumed the books in that period and throughout the nineteenth century – generations of young white men – the novels became perceived fact, not fiction, and the basis for the coalescence of US American nationalism.”

— Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz