{"product_id":"frances-parkman-rdr-pb-paperback","title":"Frances Parkman Rdr PB - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamuel Eliot Morison\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eFrancis Jr. Parkman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSamuel Eliot Morison\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Parkman (1823-1893), struggling against painful chronic illnesses and very largely self-taught in his field, was not only a pioneering historian but an enduring one. His monumental seven-volume history of discovery, conquest, and empire-building in the New World, \u003ci\u003eFrance and England in North America\u003c\/i\u003e (the final volume, \u003ci\u003eMontcalm and Wolfe, \u003c\/i\u003e is available in its entirety from Da Capo Press\/ Perseus Books Group), remains unrivaled for its power, depth, scope, accuracy, and literary artistry. This reader, superbly edited by \u003cb\u003eSamuel Eliot Morison, \u003c\/b\u003e the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian in the Parkman tradition, comprises approximately one-seventh of the original. Rather than stitch together a patchwork of brief, disconnected extracts, Morison has chosen whole chapters or groups of chapters, thereby allowing the reader to follow a story from start to finish, and what stories they are: Champlain's efforts to establish a French empire in the vast forest wilderness; the torture and martyrdom of Father Jogues; La Salle's western expeditions and his murder by mutineers; the bloody Deerfield Massacre; the improbable, madcap, and successful siege of Louisbourg; the swift, dramatic battle on Quebec's Plains of Abraham, in which the fate of a continent was decided; and much more. The result is both an enthralling portrait of early North American colonial history and an unsurpassed introduction to the works of Francis Parkman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamuel Eliot Morison, \u003c\/b\u003e editor for this edition, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian in the Parkman tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 552\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.28 x 8.34 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45934810202247,"sku":"9780306808234","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/CULDdovxDI9780306808234.webp?v=1790326231","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/frances-parkman-rdr-pb-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}