Francis Parkman Historian As Hero: The Formative Years (American Studies Series)

About this book

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.