Excerpt from The Boys' Parkman: Selections From the Historical Works of Francis ParkmanFrancis parkman was born in Boston, September roth, 182 3. He was a delicate boy, and for that reason was sent out into the country when he was seven years old to live with his grandfather near Medford, Mass. He went to day-school there, and did not learn much; but in another school that he attended very willingly he gained knowledge that was to be of much use to him in later life. This was the school of the woods, where he picked up all sorts of lore about trees, stones, beasts and birds, which helped mightily in making real and vivid the background of the histories he was to write. After four years in the coun try he went back to Boston to live With his parents; and he entered Harvard at the age of seventeen.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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