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Pioneers of France in the New World Paperback – August 28, 1996

by Francis Parkman (Author), Colin G. Calloway (Introduction)

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In the sixteenth century, Spain claimed the fabled New World, and a rash of explorers sailed there seeking riches and, most famously, a fountain of youth. Although France made inroads into Florida, ultimately the French, like the Spanish, failed to establish dominion over North America. Francis Parkman tells why.

The first part of Pioneers of France in the New World deals with the attempts of the Spanish and the French Huguenots to occupy Florida; the second, with the expeditions of Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain and French colonial endeavors in Canada and Acadia. Pioneers is a stirring story, capturing the era of the earliest explorations in North America.

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473 pages
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English
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Bison Books
Publication date

August 28, 1996
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5.25 x 1.25 x 8 inches
ISBN-10

0803287445
ISBN-13

978-0803287440
Lexile measure

1290L
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Francis Parkman (1823–1893), the son of a prominent Boston family, devoted much of his career to writing about the struggles of France and England for domination in America.

Colin G. Calloway, a professor of history and Native American studies at Dartmouth College, is the author of the New Worlds for All: Indians, Europeans, and the Remaking of Early America.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bison Books; 1st, 1st Printing edition (August 28, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 473 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0803287445
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0803287440
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1290L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.19 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.25 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #6,122,219 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #138 in Canadian Exploration History
- #902 in Pre-Confederation Canadian History
- #1,332 in Province & Local Canadian History

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W. T. Higgins

Parkman - not easy, but valuable

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2016

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This is classic history, written in the 19th century - and Amazon wants it rated as if it were a modern novel. Oh well - if you know who Parkman is, you know what you're getting. Not a perfect account, but much closer to the original story than more recent historians.

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J. Zartman

Sometimes engaging, sometimes rather pompous

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014

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I read Francis Parkman's book about the Oregon Trail and really enjoyed it, so I picked up this book. I hoped to find the same engaging style, and sometimes it shines through. Once he gets into a story he tells it well and transports his reader to Florida's jungles or Nova Scotia's rocky shores where you can practically smell death or feel the bracing sea spray. He waxes eloquent in his introductions and bridges between stories, however, and I found them to be so flowery and stuffed with grandiose verbiage that some were almost incomprehensible. They certainly lost the immediacy and gripping nature of his narratives. An example from Kindle location 917-918: "Day was breaking on the world. Light, hope, and freedom pierced with vitalizing ray the clouds and the miasma that hung so thick over the prostrate Middle Age, once noble and mighty, now a foul image of decay and death." Or, from location 2099: "...withered Feudalism, with her antique forms and tinselled follies, was again to seek a new home among the rocks and pine-trees of Nova Scotia." This particular book follows a number of exploratory ventures, all of which require an introduction or a bridge, so it often felt like slogging through the mud. Parkman researched his subjects carefully and thoroughly, so his books provide great historical references, but this one failed to provide me the same reading pleasure as his book on the Oregon Trail.

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Theresa B.

Authentic!

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2017

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A wonderful glimpse into the character, personal lives, and tremendous hardships of Champlain and the original settlers of New France. Exactly what I hoped for...loved it!

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Good history of France's early efforts in North America.

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2015

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Great history of France in North America and written in a very readable style. I've read other Parkman works; this one is in the same ilk.

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doninark

good, early first-person western exploration

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2015

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good early description of the western expansion

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George Wactor

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2017

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good history

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David B. Longton

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2015

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Well researched and written......Dave

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Daniel D Presson

Non-American English

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2016

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Written in non-american English - author also uses terms from 18th century English. - as a history and etymology buff my vocabulary has increased.

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Robert Young

The roots of North American civilization as we now know it.

Reviewed in Canada on October 1, 2020

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This is a book written 160 some odd years ago by a keen historian of North American history. Closer in time to the events of which he writes, the research that Parkman conducted will probably not be surpassed by other historians. This is one of a series of 8 books by the author of the famous "Oregon Trail." While I was reading it, I often referred to maps of the subject regions.The second book which details the Jesuits and their observations of the behaviour and customs of the indigenous nations is a good follow-up. I recommend this to anyone with an interest in times past.

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JDYbrook

this is my family

Reviewed in Canada on March 1, 2013

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I only discovered my bio family in the past 3 years.... This book tells me about their lives.... I enjoyed it.

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Arthur LeBel

It wasn't necessary to write a whole chapter about winches ...

Reviewed in Canada on September 10, 2014

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It wasn't necessary to write a whole chapter about winches.
When I started to read that chapter I honestly thought that I had lost my bookmark.

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