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La Salle, Discovery of The Great West

La Salle, Discovery of The Great West by Francis Parkman, Jr.. 30 sections, 11 hr 17 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

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Length
11 hr 17 min
Sections
30
Language
English
Source
LibriVox
Internet Archive
lasallediscoverygreatwest_2008_librivox
Rights
Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

  1. 00 - Introduction
  2. 01 - Chapter I 1643-1669 Cavelier De La Salle
  3. 02 - Chapter II 1669-1671 La Salle and the Sulpitians
  4. 03 - Chapter III 1670-1672 The Jesuits on the Lakes
  5. 04 - Chapter IV 1667-1672 France Takes Possession of the West
  6. 05 - Chapter V 1672-1675 The Discovery of the Mississippi
  7. 06 - Chapter VI 1673-1678 La Salle and Frontenac
  8. 07 - Chapter VII 1678 Party Strife
  9. 08 - Chapter VIII 1677-1678 The Grand Enterprise
  10. 09 - Chapter IX 1678-1679 La Salle at Niagara
  11. 10 - Chapter X 1679 The Launch of the “Griffin”
  12. 11 - Chapter XI 1679 La Salle on the Upper Lakes
  13. 12 - Chapter XII 1679-1680 La Salle on the Illinois 24:04
  14. 13 - Chapter XIII 1680 Fort CRÈVECŒUR
  15. 14 - Chapter XIV 1680 Hardihood of La Salle
  16. 15 - Chapter XV 1680 Indian Conquerors
  17. 16 - Chapter XVI 1680 Tonty and the Iroquois
  18. 17 - Chapter XVII 1680 The Adventures of Hennepin
  19. 18 - Chapter XVIII 1680-1681 Hennepin Among the Sioux
  20. 19 - Chapter XIX 1681 La Salle Begins Anew
  21. 20 - Chapter XX 1681-1682 Success of La Salle
  22. 21 - Chapter XXI 1682, 1683 St. Louis of the Illinois
  23. 22 - Chapter XXII 1680-1683 La Salle Painted by Himself
  24. 23 - Chapter XXIII 1684 A New Enterprise
  25. 24 - Chapter XXIV 1684-1685 The Voyage
  26. 25 - Chapter XXV 1685 La Salle in Texas
  27. 26 - Chapter XXVI 1685-1687 St. Louis of Texas
  28. 27 - Chapter XXVII 1687 Assassination of La Salle
  29. 28 - Chapter XXVIII 1687-1688 The Innocent and the Guilty
  30. 29 - Chapter XXIX 1688-1689 Fate of the Texan Colony