Passion and principle
Subtitle: John and Jessie Frémont, the couple whose power, politics, and love shaped nineteenth-century America
By: Sally Denton
Edition: 1st U.S. ed
Publisher: Bloomsbury; Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9781596910195
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
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [428]-440) 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