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Francis Parkman, Historian as Hero: The Formative Years (American Studies Series)
Full title: | Francis Parkman, Historian as Hero: The Formative Years (American Studies Series) |
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ISBN: | 9780292729582 |
ISBN 10: | 0292729588 |
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Publisher: | University Of Texas Press |
Edition: | First Edition |
Num. pages: | 255 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 1991 |
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Synopsis
A historian who lived the kind of history he wrote, Francis Parkman is a major-and controversial-figure in American historiography. His narrative style, while popular with readers wanting a "good story," has raised many questions with professional historians. Was Parkman writing history or historical fiction? Did he color historical figures with his own heroic self-image? Was his objectivity compromised by his "unbending, conservative, Brahmin" values? These are some of the many issues that Wilbur Jacobs treats in this thought-provoking study.