Title: Journals are a Picture into the Past
Product review: In the mid 1800's Francis Parkman considered northern New England 'civilized' when he went searching for the past and the remnants of great tribes that had roamed the forests before western man arrived on the scene. From our point of view this was wilderness still in the mid 1840's. Where we drive a car, he hiked and caught rides from passing strangers in buggies and carriages but there were few rides and a hike of 2 miles was nothing in a day that covered 30 miles. Perspective is what these journals bring and the awareness that for all the changes that have come since his day, the basic challenges remain the same. A must read for the student of history. Considering that Parkman became a major history chronicler, it is fitting that his journals now provide us with the very thing he sought - personal insight into the past from those who lived through it
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