
This is collection of ten books written by Francis Parkman, Jr. The edition comes with ten books and more then 20 illustrations.Works Included:The Book Of RosesThe Conspiracy Of Pontiac And The Indian War After The Conquest Of CanadaCount Frontenac And New France Under Louis XIVA Half Century Of Conflict - Volume IA Half-Century Of Conflict, Volume IIHistoric Handbook Of The Northern TourThe Jesuits In North America In The Seventeenth CenturyMontcalm And WolfeThe Oregon TrailPioneers Of France In The New WorldAbout Author:Francis Parkman, Jr. (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as historical sources and as literature. He was also a leading horticulturist, briefly a Professor of Horticulture at Harvard University and author of several books on the topic. Parkman was a trustee of the Boston Athenæum from 1858 until his death in 1893.