Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of the American West
by
David Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2002
John C. Frémont, nearly forgotten today, was one of the giants of nineteenth-century America. He led five expeditions into the American West in the 1840s and 1850s, covering a greater area than any other explorer. His expedition reports -- ghost-written by his beautiful and talented wife, Jessie...