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The amazing life of the explorer who first mapped the West and forever changed nineteenth-century America The career of John Charles Fr?mont (1813-90) celebrates and ties together the full breadth of American expansionism from its eighteenth-century origins through its culmination... Read Full Overview

Brings to life the personal and political experiences of a remarkable American "The most eloquent, understanding, and yet very candid biography of Fr?mont that has appeared to date."-Howard R. Lamar, Yale University The career of John Charles Fr?mont (1813-90) ties together the... Read Full Overview

The amazing life of the explorer who first mapped the West and forever changed nineteenth-century America The career of John Charles Fremont (1813-90) celebrates and ties together the full breadth of American expansionism from its eighteenth-century origins through its culmination... Read Full Overview