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

Francis Parkman, Historian As Hero: The Formative Years (American Studies Series) by Jacobs, Wilbur R.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780292724679.

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.