Dream West - Hardcover

Nevin, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399127429 ISBN 13: 9780399127427

Publisher: Putnam Pub Group, 1984

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

"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

About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam Pub Group
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0399127429
• ISBN 13: 9780399127427
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 639