The Historian, January 1st, 1993
Francis Parkman was perhaps the most prolific and influential U.S. historical writer in the late nineteenth century. His works on colonial American history, marked by a graceful literary style, observations based on his own pioneering field and manuscript research, and prejudice against the Catholic Church, Indians, women, and underclasses in general, continue to spark lively scholarly debate. Wilbur R. Jacobs, professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has combined several previously published articles with eight original essays to analyze Parkman's life and work.
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