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The journals of Francis Parkman /

Parkman is an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as historical sources and as literature. He was also a leading horticulturist, bri...

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Main Author: Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893 (Author)
Other Authors: Wade, Mason, 1913-1986 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1947.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Parkman, Francis, > 1823-1893.
Historians > United States > Biography.
Historiens > États-Unis > Biographies.
Parkman, Francis, > 1823-1893
Historians
United States
Americana
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Travel literature.
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1. Preface ; Chronological table ; I. 1841 journal : White mountains & Maine ; II. 1842 journal : lake George & lake Champlain, Green mountains, eastern townships, White mountains, & Maine ; III. 1843 notebook : lake George, Montreal, Quebec, White mountains, & Maine ; IV. European journal, 1843-1844 ; V. Boston & Berkshire journal, 1844 ; VI. Old northwest journal & Pontiac notes, 1844-1845
  • v. 2. VII. The Oregon trail journal, 1846 ; VIII. French colonization notebook, 1856 & 1866 ; IX. First Paris notebook, 1869 ; X. Mt. Desert notebook, 1870 ; XI. Acadian notebook, 1871 & 1873 ; XII. Second Paris notebook, 1872 ; XIII. 1878 notebook : lake George, Ticonderoga, & Quebec ; XIV. 1879 & 1885 notebook : Quebec & Acadia, Carolina & Florida ; XV. 1889-1892 notebook ; Notes ; Index.