Passion and principle
Subtitle: John and Jessie Frémont, the couple whose power, politics, and love shaped nineteenth-century America
By: Sally Denton.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780803213685
Subjects: Frémont, John Charles, -- 1813-1890; Frémont, Jessie Benton, -- 1824-1902; Frémont, John Charles, -- 1813-1890 -- Marriage; Explorers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; Politicians -- United States -- Biography; Women pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography; Politicians' spouses -- United States -- Biography; Married people -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Originally published:  New York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck,  2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: John 1813-1840; title: Jessie 1824-1840; title: The pathfinder and his wife 1840-1844; title: Bear flag 1845-1848; title: Gold 1849-1855; title: Free speech, free soil, free men, Frémont 1855-1857; title: War 1857-1862; title: Retreat 1862-1902.