The Oregon Trail

Francis Parkman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

464 Seiten

1982
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-039042-1 (ISBN)

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On April 28, 1848, two years after his graduation from Harvard, Francis Parkman left St. Louis for his first adventure in the American West. This work documents this expedition into the wilderness.

On April 28, 1846, Francis Parkman left Saint Louis on his first expedition west. The Oregon Trail documents his adventures in the wilderness, sheds light on America's westward expansion, and celebrates the American spirit.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.4.1983
Einführung	David Levin
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 196 mm
Gewicht	357 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
ISBN-10	0-14-039042-1 / 0140390421
ISBN-13	978-0-14-039042-1 / 9780140390421
Zustand	Neuware