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The Oregon Trail (Penguin American Library)

The Oregon Trail (Penguin American Library)

by Francis Parkman (Author), David Levin (Editor), David Levin (Introduction), Francis Parkman (Author)

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    Paperback 1983

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Synopsis

On April 28, 1846, Francis Parkman left Saint Louis on his first expedition west. The Oregon Trail documents his adventures in the wilderness, sheds light on America's westward expansion, and celebrates the American spirit.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 464
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 28 Apr 1983
ISBN 10: 0140390421
ISBN 13: 9780140390421

Author Bio
Francis Parkman was born in Boston in 1823 and is best known for his masterly seven-volume history, France and England in North America, and for the annual prize awarded by the Society of American Historians in his honor. He died in 1893.

David Levin was the Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia. His books on American historical writing included History as Romatic Art: Bancroft, Prescott, Motley, and Parkman; In Defense of Historical Literature; and Cotton Mather: The Young Life of the Lord's Remembrancer, 1663-1703. He was the editor of Francis Parkman's masterpiece, France and England in North America.