Fremont Pathmarker of the West
by Nevins, Allan
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible - Near Fine
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
NY: D. Appleton-Century Company Inc, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Near Fine. 6.5"x9". 649 indexed pgs. Navy cloth boards w/gilt letters on front and spine. Paste down is map of Fremont's Explorations 1838-1853. Frontispiece is his photo as First US California Senator. D. Appleton colophon w/date on title page. Dedication page. Preface by Nevins. Contents, Illustrations, maps. 3 Appendices. Biographical Note. Deckled edge w/light stains. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Pencil notes through out. PON inside front cover. One of the most controversial and romantic figures in American history, John C. Frémont experienced a dizzying succession of public triumphs and humiliations. He made his name exploring the West, surveying, mapping, and describing the Rockies, the Great Basin, and Oregon country. Allan Nevins gives Frémont full credit for his achievements as a topographer, soldier, and politician while noting how often his rashness attracted enemies and led to his downfall: to a court-martial for disobeying orders during the Bear Flag Rebellion, to a disastrous winter expedition in the San Juan Mountains, to his defeat as the first presidential candidate of the Republican party, to the loss of his Civil War command. Through sickness and health, poverty and wealth, his wife, the vivacious Jessie Benton Frémont, stood by him. Their enduring romance occupies much more than the background in this absorbing story of his life. The dean of American historians, Allan Nevins won the Pulitzer Prize for his biographies of Grover Cleveland and Hamilton Fish.
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- Bookseller
- Blacks Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13006
- Title
- Fremont Pathmarker of the West
- Author
- Nevins, Allan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton-Century Company Inc
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1939
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