"Selections from ... France and England in North America"--Pref.
Previously published: The Parkman reader. Boston : Little, Brown, 1955.
Contents:
The native tribes -- Verrazano, Cartier and Roberval -- LaRoche, Champlain: St. Croix -- Lescarbot, Port Royal and Poutrincourt -- The colonies at Port Royal and Mount Desert -- Champlain in Canada -- Isaac Jogues -- The martyrdom of Father Jogues -- The heroes of Long Saut -- Marriage and population -- The new home -- Canadian feudalism -- The rulers of Canada -- Trade and industry -- Priests and people -- Morals and manners -- Canadian absolutism
The success of La Salle -- St. Louis of the Illinois -- La Salle painted by himself -- La Salle's last expedition -- St. Louis of Texas -- Death of La Salle, end of the colony -- King William's war on the New England frontier -- The death of Frontenac -- The founding of Detroit -- Queen Anne's war -- The sack of Deerfield -- A mad scheme -- Louisbourg besieged -- Louisbourg taken -- Ticonderoga -- James Wolfe -- Wolfe at Quebec -- The heights of Abraham -- The fall of Quebec
Summary:
"This reader ... comprises approximately one-seventh of the original. ... Morison has chosen whole chapters or groups of chapters, thereby allowing the reader to follow a story from start to finish."--Back cover.
