| + − | Bookm. 25: 90. Mr. ’07. 330w. |
“Mr. Randall Parrish has mastered the trick of popular narrative after a comparatively brief apprenticeship to the trade, and is to-day one of the most effective of our story-tellers.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + | Dial. 42: 16. Ja. 1, ’07. 330w. |
Parrish, Randall. Great plains. **$1.75. McClurg.
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To write accurate history so clothed as to appeal to the imagination has been Mr. Parrish’s aim. He tells how the stretch of country between the valley of the Missouri and the foothills of the Rockies was discovered and settled, emphasizes its possibilities and picturesque wonders, and dwells upon the characteristics of men and customs of the frontier towns.
“The choice of material is commendable, the weaving skilful, and the interest well sustained.” Edwin Erle Sparks.
| + + | Dial. 43: 283. N. 1, ’07. 780w. |
“He shows care and judgment in the balancing of contradictory accounts. And he has told the story well and in interesting style. But he has missed not a little of the high spirit, the valiant courage, the dauntless expectations of the men who conquered the plains.”