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The sweeping saga of John Charles Fremont, controversial explorer, soldier, and politician, focuses on his romance with his wife, Jessie Benton Fremont, daughter of Thomas Hart Benton
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DAVID NEVIN spent more than twenty years researching and writing The American Story, a series of novels dealing with the history of the United States from 1800-1860. His books comprising this era begin with Dream West and include 1812, Eagle's Cry, Treason, and Meriwether. Nevin died in 2011.
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"A rousing, old-fashioned yarn, rich in detail and romance."
--The New York Times
"Big, wonderful...written with verve, authenticity, and a sure sense of our history."
--John Jakes, author of the North and South trilogy
"Masterful storytelling in the grand manner that will keep you turning pages until far, far into the night."
--Denver Post
"To tell this story is to tell the story of the United States during the turbulent nineteenth century.... A winner!"
--Publishers Weekly
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- PublisherNew English Library
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0450058360
- ISBN 13 9780450058363
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages752
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint; First Printing. Minor shelf wear, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; First UK paperback edition. Nice tight flat copy, no names inside, appears unread. Cover design uncredited. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 752 pages; A classic novel of the American West. Telling the amazing true story of John Charles Fremont, and his beloved supporter and muse, Jessie Benton. He was a hero of the exploration of the American Far West, yet accused by his enemies of every possible sin including cannibalism. He made a fortune in the California Gold Rush, and then ended up in the bankruptcy courts. He was a General in the Civil War courtmartialled for mutiny. She was a senator's daughter and Washington belle who could survive in the wilderness, a devoted wife who could stand up to Abraham Lincoln. Theirs was an epic romance. Mass Market PB. Seller Inventory # 27980
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