The Pathfinder and the President: John C. Frémont, Abraham Lincoln, and the Battle for Emancipation

by John Bicknell

Two towering figures of American history collide in this riveting account of how the struggle between Lincoln and his defiant general John C. Fr mont shaped the Civil War and emancipation.

"... a masterwork of history. . .Bicknell deftly interweaves Fr mont's story with the grander narrative of the war and Abraham Lincoln's presidency." -Jon D. Schaff, author of Abraham Lincoln's Statesmanship and the Limits of Liberal Democracy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811776654
• ISBN13: 9780811776653
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 384 Pages