Passion And Principle

John And Jessie Fremont The Couple Whose Power Politics And Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century America

by Sally Denton
language: english
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, May of 2009 ‧
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Written with an investigative journalist's eye for detail and a novelist's flair, this biography of explorer, politician, and gold-mine owner John C. Fremont and his intellectual wife, Jessie Benton Fremont, also casts light on the tumultuous period that forms the backdrop for their lives, from the abolition of slavery to the building of the railroad.

Passion And Principle

John And Jessie Fremont The Couple Whose Power Politics And Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century America

by Sally Denton

Property Description
ISBN: 9780803213685
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Release Date: May of 2009
Language: English
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 496
Format: Book
Collection: France Overseas: Studies In Empire And D
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Biographies
EAN: 9780803213685