Books by Francis Parkman

Presents an account of the Indian wars that occurred on the Appalachian frontier, extending from western Virginia to what is Wisconsin and Michigan, in 1763-65. This title portrays the inflammatory situation that led up to and followed the French and Indian War.

The true story of author Francis Parkman's adventures in Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas in the summer of 1846.

Francis Parkman (1823-93), a well-known historian of colonial North America, is still admired for his literary style. This famous early work (1847-9), reissued here in its revised sixth edition (1878), describes Parkman's adventurous journey from St Louis to the Rocky Mountains and his interactions with the Oglala Sioux.

Presents an account of the Indian wars that occurred on the Appalachian frontier, extending from western Virginia to what is now Wisconsin and Michigan, in 1763-65. This title shows the British forts and settlements in America under attack in 1763 by Pontiac's coalition of tribes.

The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. His detailed description of the journey, set against the vast majesty of the Great Plains, has emerged through the generations as a classic narrative of one man's exploration of the American Wilderness.

He who opens these pages for the first time faces a rich experience.-C. Vann Woodward.