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Francis Parkman, historian as hero : the formative years / by Wilbur R. Jacobs.
Van Pelt Library E175.5.P28 J3 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs, Wilbur R.
- Series:
- American studies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893.
- Parkman, Francis.
- Historians--United States--Biography.
- Historians.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 1991.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0292724675
- OCLC:
- 23253112
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