by
Charles Haight Farnham
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
This 1900 biography of Francis Parkman (1823-1893), the great American historian, was written by Parkman's personal secretary and friend. Farnham claims, “The main attraction of [his] subject lies in [Parkman’s] picturesque, manly character, his inspiring example of fortitude and perseverance,...