Montcalm and Wolfe

Montcalm and Wolfe

Montcalm and Wolfe (ISBN 0-306-80621-5) is the sixth volume in Francis Parkman's seven-volume history, France and England in North America, originally published in 1884. It tells the story of the French and Indian War. Its title refers to Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and James Wolfe, the commanding generals of the French and English forces respectively and to whom the book devotes particular attention. Parkman considered the book his masterpiece.

A centennial edition was published in 1984 by Atheneum, New York, with a foreword by C. Vann Woodward. The Atheneum edition was republished in 1995 by Da Capo Press, New York.

External links

Montcalm and Wolfe at Project Gutenberg


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  • Wolfe —   [wʊlf],    1) James, britischer General, * Westerham (County Kent) 2. 1. 1727, ✝ Quebec 13. 9. 1759; kämpfte während des Siebenjährigen Krieges in Nordamerika, wo er im Juni und September 1759 Quebec angriff und einen entscheidenden Sieg über… …   Universal-Lexikon

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