The Oregon Trail
$32.10
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
16 December 1982
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140390421 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140390421 |
| Author: | Francis Parkman, David Levin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 16 December 1982 |
| Weight: | 357g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 129mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin American Library |
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Francis Parkman
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 Romantic 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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