Finishing Francis Parkman: France and England in North America (in Seven Parts) @davidnovakreadspoetry

Finishing Francis Parkman: France and England in North America (in Seven Parts) @davidnovakreadspoetry

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*Leopold von Ranke, not Theodore as I misspoke. (I was drawing largely on memories of M.I. Finley’s chapter in his book titled Ancient History: Evidence and Models)

Finishing Francis Parkman: France and England in North America (in Seven Parts)

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Finishing Francis Parkman: France and England in North America (in Seven Parts)