Pioneers of France in the New World

About this film

LibriVox recording of Pioneers of France in the New World by Francis Parkman (1823 - 1893) Vol 1 of Parkman's series "France and England in North America." Read by LibriVox volunteers, proofed by Heart of Texas, and produced by Karen Merline. Parkman (1823-1893) has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread the books around the world. The American writer and literary critic Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) in his book O Canada (1965), described Parkman’s France and England in North America in these terms: The clarity, the momentum and the color of the first volumes of Parkman’s narrative are among the most brilliant achievements of the writing of history as an art. Parkman's biases, particularly his attitudes about nationality, race, and especially Native Americans, has generated criticism. The Canadian historian W. J. Eccles harshly criticized what he perceived as Parkman's bias against France and Roman Catholic policies, as well as what he considered Parkman's misuse of French language sources. However, Parkman's most severe detractor was the American historian Francis Jennings, an outspoken and controv…

Directors & creators

Francis Parkman

Subjects

LibriVox;audio books;history;American history;exploration

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