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Travel
Keen observations and a graphic style characterize the author's remarkable record of a vanishing frontier. Detailed accounts of the hardships experienced while traveling across mountains and prairies; vibrant portraits of... See More
Religion & Spirituality
The names on the titlepage stand as representative of the two nations whose final contest for the control of North America is the subject of the book. A very large amount of unpublished material has been used in its... See More
History
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History
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Title: The Oregon Trail, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150... See More
Religion & Spirituality
The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy... See More
History
Embark on a historical journey with Francis Parkman as he recounts his daring expedition along the Oregon Trail, capturing the challenges and triumphs of the American West. The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman: Embark on a... See More
Religion & Spirituality
THE FRONTIER Last spring, 1846, was a busy season in the City of St. Louis. Not only were emigrants from every part of the country preparing for the journey to Oregon and California, but an unusual number of traders were... See More
Religion & Spirituality
The events recounted in this book group themselves in the main about a single figure, that of Count Frontenac, the most remarkable man who ever represented the crown of France in the New World. From strangely unpromising... See More
History
Two Volumes, Part 6 of France and England in North America. The cover depicts the taking of Fort Louisbourg from the French. From the Preface - This book, forming Part VI. of the series called France and England in North... See More
Travel
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life (also published as The California & Oregon Trail) is a book written by Francis Parkman. It was originally serialized in twenty-one installments in Knickerbocker's... See More
Travel
On April 28, 1846, Francis Parkman, who had already decided that he was going to write the history of the settling of America, and Quincy Adams Shaw set forth from St. Louis up the Missouri River and onto the Oregon Trail... See More
History
First published in 1849 and later revised in several subsequent editions, Francis Parkman's The Oregon Trail is the definitive trail-journal. The author was 23 when he stepped on a steamer and began a two-month tour through... See More
History
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. Two years later, he was given the order to... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Last spring; 1846; was a busy season in the City of St. Louis. Not only were emigrants from every part of the country preparing for the journey to Oregon and California; but an unusual number of traders were making ready... See More
History
The result of over forty years of passionate research, Montcalm and Wolfe is the epic story of Europe's struggle for dominance of the New World. Centuries of rivalry and greed between the great imperial powers culminated in... See More
History
The classic account of one man's journey into the wild American frontier. In the spring of 1846, Francis Parkman, a Harvard-educated Boston-born aristocrat, headed west to experience the untamed regions of America, to... See More
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Religion & Spirituality
This beautiful lake owes its name to Samuel de Champlain, the founder of Quebec. In 1609, long before the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth, he joined a band of Huron and Algonquin warriors on an expedition against their... See More
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History
This is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with... See More
History
This is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with... See More
This is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with... See More
History
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Literary Criticism
The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. After crossing the Allegheny Mountains by coach and continuing by boat and wagon to Westport, Missouri, he set out with... See More
History
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. See More
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. See More
Historical Fiction
CHAPTER I. 1653-1658. THE JESUITS AT ONONDAGA. The Iroquois War. -- Father Poncet. -- His Adventures. -- Jesuit Boldness. -- Le Moyne's Mission. -- Chaumonot and Dablon. -- Iroquois Ferocity. -- The Mohawk Kidnappers.... See More
History
Two books in one: The Huguenots in Florida and Samuel de Champlain and his Associates. Francis Parkman seems to be the only English American who writes on French Canadian and Indians in New France. See what he had to say... See More