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Imperfect union, how Jessie and John Frémont mapped the West, invented celebrity, and helped cause the Civil War, Steve Inskeep

Label
Imperfect union, how Jessie and John Frémont mapped the West, invented celebrity, and helped cause the Civil War, Steve Inskeep
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
platesillustrationsphotographs
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Imperfect union
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Steve Inskeep
Sub title
how Jessie and John Frémont mapped the West, invented celebrity, and helped cause the Civil War
Summary
"An NPR host tells the riveting story of John and Jessie Frémont, the husband and wife team who in the 1800s were instrumental in the westward expansion of the United States, and thus became America’s first great political couple" --, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Aid me with your influence -- The equal merits of differing peoples -- The current of important events -- Miseries that attend a separation -- I determined to make there a home -- The manifest purpose of providence -- A taste for danger and bold daring adventure -- The Spaniards were somewhat rude and inhospitable -- I am not going to let you write anything but your name -- Do not suppose I lightly interfere in a matter belonging to men -- We pressed onward with fatal resolution -- Jessie Benton Frémont was the better man of the two -- We thought money might come in handy -- All the stupid laurels that ever grew -- Decidedly, this ought to be struck out -- He throws away his heart
Target audience
adult
Classification