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Memoirs of my life : including in the narrative five journeys of western exploration, during the years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4 /

During his remarkable life, John Charles Frémont served as a senator for the newly-formed state of California, led Union troops in the Civil War, and was governor of the territory of Arizona. His race for the presidency in 1856 brought prestige to the fledgling Republican Party, yet despite his pop...

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Main Author: Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.
Contributors: Frémont, Jessie Benton, 1824-1902.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago ; New York : Belford, Clarke & Company, 1887, ©1886.
Subjects and Genres:
Frémont, John Charles, > 1813-1890.
Benton, Thomas Hart, > 1782-1858.
Discoveries in geography > American.
Discoveries in geography.
Travel.
United States > Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
Pacific States > Description and travel.
Rocky Mountains > Description and travel.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Descriptions et voyages.
Rocheuses, Montagnes > Descriptions et voyages.
Rocky Mountains.
United States.
United States > Pacific States.
West United States.
Americana > West (U.S.)
Biographies.
Pictorial cloth bindings > 19th century.
Memoirs > 19th century.
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Summary: During his remarkable life, John Charles Frémont served as a senator for the newly-formed state of California, led Union troops in the Civil War, and was governor of the territory of Arizona. His race for the presidency in 1856 brought prestige to the fledgling Republican Party, yet despite his popularity, his uncompromising determination to abolish slavery cost him the election. For all of his experiences in politics and the military, it was the earlier decades of Frémont's life that were the most exciting. Shortly after graduating from college, he joined a mapping expedition and surveyed the hills of South Carolina and Tennessee for the government. Eager to continue exploring, Frémont went on five more expeditions to America west of the Appalachians during the years from 1839 to 1846. He traveled up the Missouri river, crossed the Rocky Mountains, and reached the West Coast on several journeys, often with his friend Kit Carson, the legendary mountain man. In Memoirs of My Life, Frémont recounts those years in the wilderness, encountering the fabulous landscapes and native people of America's interior before the westward expansion of the U. S. His journeys across the unmapped prairies, mountains, and deserts offer a wonderful glimpse of North America's natural grandeur in its original state.
Item Description: Originally issued in fascicles.
Physical Description: xix, 655 pages, 91 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (some folded), portrait ; 28 cm

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