Fremont: Explorer For A Restless Nation - Softcover

Egan, Ferol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874170966 ISBN 13: 9780874170962

Publisher: University of Nevada Press, 1985

Synopsis

1985 University of Nevada Press jumbo trade paperback, Ferol Egan (Sand in a Whirlwind: The Paiute Indian War of 1860). 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. - Amazon

About this title

About the Author:

As a native Californian from Gold Rush country, Ferol Egan developed a love for the American West at an early age. A writer, retired teacher, and historian, Egan is the author of six books including Fremont: Explorer for a Restless Nation, for which he won the Gold Medal for nonfiction from the Commonwealth Club of California. He received the Silver Medal for Sand in a Whirlwind and the California Medal for The El Dorado Trail. He now resides in Berkeley, California.

Review:

"A large wide-eyed, genuinely exciting book. [Egan] succeeds in showing exploration as creative initiative rather than individual escapism... It scores as grand storytelling." - Kirkus Reviews "Ferol Egan has maintained a remarkable objectivity, avoiding the trap befalling many biographers who identify and sympathize with their subject... Few contemporary Western writers possess both the patience and the skill to combine a scholarly methodology and apparatus with the effective, readable prose that characterizes the work of Ferol Egan. This massive volume can best be described as a monumental contribution. Authoritative, organized to sustain reader interest, and beautifully written" -California Historical Society

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0874170966
• ISBN 13: 9780874170962
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 620