Fremont: Explorer For A Restless Nation
by Ferol Egan
University of Nevada Press, 1985
Paper: 978-0-87417-096-2 | eISBN: 978-0-87417-898-2
Library of Congress Classification E415.9.F8E33 1985
Dewey Decimal Classification 979.020924
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Foreword by Richard Dillon. Between 1842 and 1853, John C. Fremont led five expeditions across the trans-Mississippi West. While the success of his early journeys gained him acclaim as a national hero, his later missions ended in tragedy and ultimately a court-martial. Historian Ferol Egan focuses on Fremont’s explorations, providing a vivid portrait of a courageous man in an emerging young nation.
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