Francis Parkman : France and England in North America : Vol.

Francis Parkman : France and England in North America : Vol. 2: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV, A Half-Century of Conflict, Montcalm and Wolfe (Library of America)
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This is the second of two Library of America volumes (the companion volumeÂ here) presenting, in compact form, all seven parts of Francis Parkmanâ€™s monumental narrative history of the struggle for control of the American continent. Thirty years in the writing, Parkmanâ€™s â€œhistory of the American forestâ€ is an accomplishment hardly less awesome than the explorations and adventures he so vividly describes. The story reaches its climax with the fatal confrontation of two great commanders at Quebecâ€™s Plains of Abrahamâ€”and a daring stratagem that would determine the future of a continent.

Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIVÂ (1877) details how France might have won her imperial struggle with England. Frontenac, a courtier who was made governor of New France by that most sagacious of monarchs, oversaw the colonyâ€™s brightest era of growth and influence. Had Canadaâ€™s later governors possessed his administrative skill and personal force, his sense of diplomacy and political talent, or his grasp of the uses of power in a modern world, the English colonies to the south might have become part of what Frontenac saw as a continental scheme of French dominion.

Englandâ€™s American colonies flourished, while France, in both the Old World and the New, declined from its greatness of the late seventeenth century. Conflict over the developing western regions of North America erupted in a series of colonial wars. As narrated by Parkman inÂ A Half-Century of ConflictÂ (1892), these American campaigns, while only part of a larger, global struggle, prepared the colonies for the American Revolution.

InÂ Montcalm and WolfeÂ (1884) Parkman describes the fatal confrontation of the two great French and English commanders whose climactic battle marked the end of French power in America. As the English colonies cooperated for their own defense, they began to realize their common interests, their relative strength, and their unique position. In this imperial war of European powers we also begin to see the American figuresâ€”Benjamin Franklin, George Washingtonâ€”soon to occupy a historical stage of their own.

LIBRARY OF AMERICAÂ is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nationâ€™s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americaâ€™s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
Color Black
ReleaseDate 1983-07-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780940450110

Country	USA
Brand	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	1983-07-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780940450110

Francis Parkman : France and England in North America : Vol. 2: Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV, A Half-Century of Conflict, Montcalm and Wolfe (Library of America)

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