Pioneers of France in the New World by Francis Parkman

Pioneers of France in the New World by Francis Parkman

Deals with the attempts of the Spanish and the French Huguenots to occupy Florida as well as the expeditions of Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain and French colonial endeavors in Canada and Acadia. This title offers a story, capturing the era of the earliest explorations in North America.

Francis Parkman was born in Boston in 1823 and is best known for his masterly seven-volume history, France and England in North America, and for the annual prize awarded by the Society of American Historians in his honor. He died in 1893.

David Levin was the Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia. His books on American historical writing included History as Romatic Art: Bancroft, Prescott, Motley, and Parkman; In Defense of Historical Literature; and Cotton Mather: The Young Life of the Lord's Remembrancer, 1663-1703. He was the editor of Francis Parkman's masterpiece, France and England in North America.

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ISBN 13	9780803287440
ISBN 10	0803287445
Title	Pioneers of France in the New World
Author	Francis Parkman
Series	France And England In North America Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Nebraska Press
Year published	1996-08-28
Number of pages	473
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