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Fremont : Explorer for a Restless Nation / Ferol Egan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Egan, Ferol.
- Series:
- Vintage West
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890.
- Fremont, John Charles.
- West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.
- West (U.S.).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (588 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : University of Nevada Press, 1985.
- Summary:
- Foreword by Richard Dillon. Between 1842 and 1853, John C. Fremont led five expeditions across the trans-Mississippi West. While the success of his early journeys gained him acclaim as a national hero, his later missions ended in tragedy and ultimately a court-martial. Historian Ferol Egan focuses on Fremont's explorations, providing a vivid portrait of a courageous man in an emerging young nation.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter I - The Nomad Strain; Chapter II - An Explorer's Apprenticeship; Chapter III - A Fork in the Trail; Chapter IV - Toward the Setting Sun; Chapter V - The Wind of Discovery; Chapter VI - Beyond South Pass; Chapter VII - Western Star; Chapter VIII - The Road to India; Chapter IX - Strangers in a Strange Land; Chapter X - Rock upon Rock, Snow upon Snow; Chapter XI - The Great Valley; Chapter XII - Beyond the Desert; Chapter XIII - Odyssey's End; Chapter XIV - Following the Winds of Summer
- Chapter XV - Mapping the California TrailChapter XVI - A Climate for Violence; Chapter XVII - The Turning Point; Chapter XVIII - The Time of the Bear; Chapter XIX - The Conquest of California; Chapter XX - The Man in the Middle; Chapter XXI - Prelude to Ordeal; Chapter XXII - Court-Martial; Chapter XXIII - Snows of Disaster; Chapter XXIV - Life in El Dorado; Chapter XXV - The Last Expedition; Chapter XXVI - Peaks of Glory, Valleys of Despair; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. [559]-561.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780874178982
- 0874178983
- OCLC:
- 645948414
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