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The Resource Passion and principle : John and Jessie Frémont, the couple whose power, politics, and love shaped nineteenth-century America, Sally Denton

Passion and principle : John and Jessie Frémont, the couple whose power, politics, and love shaped nineteenth-century America, Sally Denton

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Passion and principle : John and Jessie Frémont, the couple whose power, politics, and love shaped nineteenth-century America
Title
Passion and principle
Title remainder
John and Jessie Frémont, the couple whose power, politics, and love shaped nineteenth-century America
Statement of responsibility
Sally Denton
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
She was the daughter of powerful Missouri politician Thomas Hart Benton and was a savvy political operator who played confidante and advisor to the inner circle of the highest political powers in the country. He was a key figure in western exploration and California's first senator, and became the first presidential candidate for the Republican Party--and the first candidate to challenge slavery. Both shaped their times and were far ahead of it, but their story has never fully been told. Thanks in part to a deep-seated family quarrel between Jessie's father and the couple, John and Jessie were eclipsed and opposed by some of the most mythic characters of their era, not least Abraham Lincoln. Historian Sally Denton restores the reputations of John and Jessie and places them where they belong--at the center of our country's history.--From publisher description
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Denton, Sally
Dewey number
  • 973.6092/2
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E415.9.F8
LC item number
D46 2007
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Frémont, John Charles
  • Frémont, Jessie Benton
  • Frémont, John Charles
  • Explorers
  • Pioneers
  • Generals
  • Politicians
  • Women pioneers
  • Politicians' spouses
  • Married people
Label
Passion and principle : John and Jessie Frémont, the couple whose power, politics, and love shaped nineteenth-century America, Sally Denton
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [428]-440) and index
Contents
John 1813-1840 -- Jessie 1824-1840 -- The pathfinder and his wife 1840-1844 -- Bear flag 1845-1848 -- Gold 1849-1855 -- Free speech, free soil, free men, Frémont 1855-1857 -- War 1857-1862 -- Retreat 1862-1902
Control code
ocm80019926
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Extent
xiii, 460 p., [16] p. of plates
Isbn
9781596910195
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2007002000
Other physical details
ill., maps, ports.
System control number
(OCoLC)80019926
Label
Passion and principle : John and Jessie Frémont, the couple whose power, politics, and love shaped nineteenth-century America, Sally Denton
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [428]-440) and index
Contents
John 1813-1840 -- Jessie 1824-1840 -- The pathfinder and his wife 1840-1844 -- Bear flag 1845-1848 -- Gold 1849-1855 -- Free speech, free soil, free men, Frémont 1855-1857 -- War 1857-1862 -- Retreat 1862-1902
Control code
ocm80019926
Dimensions
25 cm.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Extent
xiii, 460 p., [16] p. of plates
Isbn
9781596910195
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
2007002000
Other physical details
ill., maps, ports.
System control number
(OCoLC)80019926

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