W. J. Eccles: The Young Historian, 1951-63.
W. J. Eccles's "Frontenac: The Courtier Governor" (1959) and his article "The History of New France According to Francis Parkman" (1961) established his reputation as a fearsome iconoclast. The myth of the heroic governor and the reputation of his nineteenth-century champion did not survive intact....
| Publicado en: | Journal of Canadian Studies Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 268 - 292 |
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