| #9055, aired 2024-03-08 | LEFTOVERS $1000: This book about Natty Bumppo's youth was chronologically first of the "Leatherstocking Tales" but was written last The Deerslayer |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | NAME THE JAMES $800: In the 1820s, this author introduced his character Leatherstocking as an old man, depicting his youth in later novels James Fenimore Cooper |
| #6, aired 2023-05-10 | THE LAST BOOKS YOU'LL READ $1600: "The Last of the Mohicans" is the second of these "Tales" by James Fenimore Cooper The Leatherstocking Tales |
| #8853, aired 2023-04-19 | PEOPLE IN BOOKS $200: Chingachgook is a chief of this native people in James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" the Mohicans |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | ALL KINDS OF BOOKS $1000: Subtitled "The First War-Path", 1841's "The Deerslayer" was James Fenimore Cooper's last published book of these "Tales" Leatherstocking |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | MISMATCHED PAIRS $1200: 360 guy on CNN & "Leatherstocking Tales" teller Anderson Cooper & James Fenimore Cooper |
| #8230, aired 2020-06-05 | LITERARY HODGEPODGE $800: Best known for his "Leatherstocking Tales", he also wrote "The Pilot", one of America's first novels about the sea (James Fenimore) Cooper |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | WAR IN LITERATURE $800: This oft-filmed second of the "Leatherstocking Tales" sees Natty Bumppo battle the Huron in the French & Indian War Last of the Mohicans |
| #7891, aired 2018-12-24 | LITERARY CHARACTERS BASED ON REAL PEOPLE $1600: Daniel Boone was a basis for this character in the "Leatherstocking Tales" by James Fenimore Cooper Natty Bumppo |
| #7434, aired 2016-12-29 | "L"ITERATURE $800: This set of "Tales" by James Fenimore Cooper includes "The Deerslayer" & "The Last of the Mohicans" the Leatherstocking Tales |
| #7186, aired 2015-12-07 | LITERATURE $200: Published in 1826, the second of the "Leatherstocking Tales" is "The Last of" these people the Mohicans |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | CHARACTERS FROM AMERICAN LIT $1200: Natty Bumppo, a character in "The Leatherstocking Tales", was partly based on this Kentucky frontiersman Daniel Boone |
| #7025, aired 2015-03-13 | HYBRIDS & BLENDS $800: Balzac called this author's Leatherstocking "a magnificent hermaphrodite... born between savage and civilized" (James) Fenimore Cooper |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | WEARING LEATHER $1200: This collective title of James Fenimore Cooper's 5 novels about frontier life includes a kind of legwear The Leatherstocking Tales |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | STAR BUCKS $800: In "The Pioneers", one of these "Tales", James Fenimore Cooper wrote that a buck "darted like a meteor" The Leatherstocking Tales |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | BOOK SERIES $400: Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" included 3 "P" titles: "The Pathfinder", "The Prairie" & these brave folks The Pioneers |
| #6358, aired 2012-04-18 | CHARACTERS BASED ON REAL PEOPLE $600: The character of Natty Bumppo in "The Leatherstocking Tales" was based on this frontiersman Daniel Boone |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER $2000: In the tale "The Pioneers", it's 1793 & this hunter named for his apparel has spent 50 years in the wilderness Leatherstocking |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: "The Deerslayer" was the last written, but first chronologically, of his "Leatherstocking Tales" James Fenimore Cooper |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | LITERARY TALES $800: Cooper:
"The ____ Tales" Leatherstocking |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | PIONEER LIFE $400: Frontiersmen wore trousers of this animal's skin, the leather in the "Leatherstocking Tales" deerskin |
| #5397, aired 2008-02-12 | LASTS $800: Though this book has the word "last" in its title, it's only the second of the 5 "Leatherstocking Tales" The Last of the Mohicans |
| #5019, aired 2006-06-08 | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $1200: Natty Bumppo's accessory, or his nickname
(15) Leatherstocking |
| #4973, aired 2006-04-05 | BEASTLY LIT $2000: 1841:
Cooper's last of the "Leatherstocking Tales" in which Natty Bumppo goes stag The Deerslayer |
| #4929, aired 2006-02-02 | "CK", THE CATEGORY $1600: "The Pioneers" & "The Prairie" are 2 of the 5 historical novels in this series The Leatherstocking Tales |
| #4242, aired 2003-01-28 | BEFORE & AFTER $1600: "Super Freak" singer who authored the "Leatherstocking Tales" Rick James Fenimore Cooper |
| #3882, aired 2001-06-19 | LITERATURE $200: James Fenimore Cooper's 1823 novel "The Pioneers" was the first in a series of these 5 "Tales" "Leatherstocking Tales" |
| #3489, aired 1999-11-04 | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE $600: His 5 "Leatherstocking Tales" portray Natty Bumppo from his youth to his death over 60 years later James Fenimore Cooper |
| #3465, aired 1999-10-01 | LITERATURE $200: In 1823 James Fenimore Cooper wrote "The Pioneers", the first in the series of these "tales" Leatherstocking Tales |
| #3360, aired 1999-03-26 | TOWNS & CITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Located 60 miles west of Albany, it's the burial site of the author of the "Leatherstocking Tales" Cooperstown |
| #3195, aired 1998-06-19 | READ AMERICAN! $400: The first & last published of his 5 Leatherstocking Tales were written 18 years apart James Fenimore Cooper |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | 19th C. AMERICAN LITERATURE $600: Deerslayer Natty Bumppo received this nickname because of his long deerskin leggings Leatherstocking |
| #2390, aired 1995-01-13 | REVOLUTIONARY WAR FIGURES $300: Enoch Crosby, American spy, may be the model for the hero of this "Leatherstocking" author's novel "The Spy" (James Fenimore) Cooper |
| #2235, aired 1994-04-29 | MIDDLE NAMES $100: In 1826 Leatherstocking Tale author James Cooper adopted this middle name Fenimore |
| #2190, aired 1994-02-25 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $3,600 (Daily Double): Sequentially, "The Deerslayer" is the first of these tales, but it was the last written The Leatherstocking Tales |
| #2044, aired 1993-06-24 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $2,500 (Daily Double): In books by James Fenimore Cooper, this hero is also known as Leatherstocking Natty Bumppo |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | LITERATURE $400: "The Pioneers" was the first of these tales written by James Fenimore Cooper the Leatherstocking Tales |
| #1795, aired 1992-05-22 | TALES $500: "The Last of the Mohicans" is among the novels that make up this series of tales The Leatherstocking Tales |
| #1600, aired 1991-07-12 | LITERARY "LAST"s $200: The second of James Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" Last of the Mohicans |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: Though it takes place first, "The Deerslayer" was the last published of his "Leatherstocking Tales" Cooper |
| #1161, aired 1989-09-25 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: Name of James Fenimore Cooper character introduced in "The Pioneers"; he appeared in 4 additional books Natty Bumppo |
| #1077, aired 1989-04-18 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: "The Last of the Mohicans" is the 2nd of his "Leatherstocking Tales" James Fenimore Cooper |
| #920, aired 1988-09-09 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $300: Natty Bumppo's nickname, it's found in the title of James Fenimore Cooper's "Tales" Leatherstocking |
| #854, aired 1988-04-28 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: James F. Cooper character also known as Leatherstocking, Hawkeye, Long Rifle & Deerslayer Natty Bumppo |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | LITERATURE $500: Series of James Fenimore Cooper novels named for Natty Bumppo's natty deerskin leggings Leatherstocking Tales |
| #373, aired 1986-02-12 | "LAST" $400: Of the 5 "Leatherstocking Tales" by James Fenimore Cooper, the 1 that fits this category The Last of the Mohicans |
| #129, aired 1985-03-07 | LITERATURE $800: Cooper's "The Deer Slayer" & "The Pathfinder" were both part of these "Tales" The Leatherstocking Tales |
