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Memoirs of My Life: Including Three Journeys of Western Exploration During the Years 1842, 1843-1844, 1845-1847 - Couverture souple

Fremont, John Charles

 
9780815411642: Memoirs of My Life: Including Three Journeys of Western Exploration During the Years 1842, 1843-1844, 1845-1847
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ISBN 10 : 0815411642 ISBN 13 : 9780815411642
Editeur : Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S., 2001

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) was an explorer, California Senator, Republican presidential candidate, Civil War general, and Territorial Governor of Arizona. Charles M. Robinson III is the author of The Men Who Wear the Star and A Good Year to Die. He lives in San Benito, Texas.

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Éditeur
Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S.
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0815411642
ISBN 13 
9780815411642
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
696
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