La Salle and the discovery of the Great West (Modern Library college editions) ebook

Francis Parkman, one of America's greatest historians, tells the story of La Salle, his rivals, and the struggle . René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle (1643-1687), one of the most legendary explorers of the New World, is best known for claiming the entire Louisiana Territory for France in 1682.

Francis Parkman, one of America's greatest historians, tells the story of La Salle, his rivals, and the struggle over North America in La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West. Parkman was an adventurer himself (he recounts his own five-month trek through the American wilderness in The Oregon Trail), and his experiences on the (admittedly different) frontier lent him a certain authority.

by. Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893. La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687, New France - Discovery and exploration, Mississippi River - Discovery and exploration.

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Paperback, Modern Library Exploration, 368 pages

Paperback, Modern Library Exploration, 368 pages. Published October 31st 2000 by Modern Library (first published 1869). Parkman gives us a La Salle of heroic ambitions and of critically flawed character, the scale of whose achievements was matched only by the scale of his failures. This books makes me want to revisit the course of the Mississippi and the Great Lakes to discover some of the living places of the tens of thousands of original Americans. Worth the time, certainly, but it is a different read. You might want to have a good map alongside the book as you read.

Traces La Salle's third and fatal attempt to discover the mouth of the Mississippi. This is the third book of Parkman's that I've read. Previously, I read Pioneers of France in the New World and The Jesuits in North America.

Francis Parkman (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and . La Salle And the Discovery of the Great West.

Francis Parkman (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was 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 history and especially as literature, although the biases of his work have met with criticism. He was also a leading horticulturist, briefly a Professor of Horticulture at Harvard University and the first leader of the Arnold Arboretum, and author of several books on the topic. 10, 10. The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century.

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Francis Parkman, one of America's greatest historians, tells the story of La. . With an introduction by Rick Bass, La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West is a welcome addition to the early history of North America. He chose the books in the Modern Library Exploration series for their literary merit and historical significance--and because he found them such a pleasure to read.