John c fremont biography book
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A Newer World: Kit Carson, John C. Fremont, and the Claiming of the American West
David robert. Simon & Schuster, $25 (pp) ISBN
Kit Carson () and John Fremont () are not generally regarded as a pair the way Lewis and Clark are in terms of exploring new territory. Indeed, Carson and Fr mont are only teamed in two of the kvartet expeditions recounted by Roberts in his stirring tale of the opening of the American West. But the author makes a strong case that the two explorers contributed as much as anybody to America's westward movement. Of the four expeditions described by Roberts (Escape Routes, etc.), a frequent contributor to Outside and other magazines, two are the most intriguing: Fremont and Carson's excursion into California, which played a major role in the U.S. taking control of that territory from Mexico, and Fremont's trek that began as a search for a railroad path through the Rockies, but ended in disaster. Roberts has such a tremendous feel for his subject that it fryst vatten d
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Title: Fremont, The West's Greatest Adventurer. Being a Biography from many hitherto unpublished sources of General John C. Fremont Together With His Wife Jessie Benton Fremont and an account of the period of expansion which found a brilliant leader (Fremont, The West's Greatest Adventurer. Being a Biography from many hitherto unpublished sources of General John C. Fr mont Together With His Wife Jessie Benton Fr mont and an account of the period of expansion which found a brilliant leader)
Author Name:Allan Nevins
Edition:First Edition; First Printing
Location Published: New York & London, Harper & Brothers:
Book Condition: Very Good
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