Francis Parkman
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The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. After crossing the Allegheny Mountains by coach and continuing by boat and wagon to Westport, Missouri, he set out with three companions on a horseback journey that would ultimately take him over two thousand miles. In the course of his travels, Parkman encountered numerous Indians, living among a Sioux tribe for a time, as well as meeting traders,...
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Montcalm and Wolfe is Francis Parkman's detailed account of the French and Indian War framed through portraits of its two opposing generals. The French and Indian War, which was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War between the French and the British, pitted the commander of the French troops, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Saint-Veran, against the commander of the British forces, British Brigadier General James Wolfe. A captivating...
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France and England in North America volume pt. 6
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Historian, critic, and horticulturist Francis Parkman was renowned for his analytical acuity and narrative skill. In “A Half Century of Conflict: France and England in North America, Volume 1”, Parkman dissects and explains the tumult that surrounded the birth of the United States. This book is regarded as one of the highest literary achievements in nineteenth-century historical writing.
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The classic account of one man's journey into the wild American frontier.
In the spring of 1846, Francis Parkman, a Harvard-educated Boston-born aristocrat, headed west to experience the untamed regions of America, to acquaint himself with the wild mountain men in the Rockies, and to visit the surviving Indian tribes before all were absorbed by the relentless advance of Western civilization. Only twenty-two years old, Parkman had been preparing for...
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Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712-1759) was the French commander in Canada during the Seven Years' War with England (also called the French and Indian War). James Wolfe (1727-1759) was the opposing British general who won the conflict. This vivid history of their clash is the final volume of Francis Parkman's seven-volume France and England in North America.
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Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712-1759) was the French commander in Canada during the Seven Years' War with England (also called the French and Indian War). James Wolfe (1727-1759) was the opposing British general who won the conflict. This vivid history of their clash is the final volume of Francis Parkman's seven-volume France and England in North America.
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Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (1622-1698), was Governor-General of French Canada. In this 1877 installment of his monumental France and England in North America, Parkman documents the man's early life, his rise to power, his arrival in Quebec, and his struggles against the Native Americans and British colonists.
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