
Francis Parkman, Jr. (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was an American historian and author, best known of The Oregon Trail, and France and England in North America. The Works of Francis Parkman (with an active table of contents) contains 11 books, The Oregon Trail The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada Pioneers of France in the New World The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West Count Frontenac and New France under Louis XIV Montcalm and Wolfe A Half Century of Conflict – Volume 1 & 2 France and England in North America, Part 3 Historic Handbook of the Northern Tour Vassall Morton