Fremont's First Impressions

The Original Report of His Exploring Expeditions of 1842-1844

Автор: John Charles Fremont

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Издател: University of Nebraska Press

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In 1842 John C. Fremont led a party of twenty-five men on a five-month journey from Saint Louis to t...

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Автор

John Charles Fremont

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Английски език

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Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2012

страници

392

EAN

9780803271357

ISBN

0803271352

Enbook ID

04924075

Издател

University of Nebraska Press

Теглоt

536

Размери

154 x 227 x 23

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In 1842 John C. Fremont led a party of twenty-five men on a five-month journey from Saint Louis to the Sierra Nevada; his goal: to chart the best route to Oregon. In 1843 Fremont was commissioned for another expedition, to explore the Great Salt Lake, Washington, eastern California, Carson Pass, and the San Joaquin Valley, places that did not yet belong to the United States. His journals from these expeditions, edited in collaboration with his wife, Jessie Benton Fremont, and published by Congress, thrilled the nation and firmly established Fremont's persona as the Great Pathfinder. Part descriptive survey, part rousing adventure story, Fremont's account was far more than a traveller's guide. His tales of courage and wit, descriptions of beautiful landscapes, and observations about Native Americans strengthened Americans' sense of a national identity and belief in Manifest Destiny. Still a fascinating page-turner today, Fremont's report documents the opening of the West even as it offers a firsthand look at the making of the American myth. Anne F. Hyde provides an introduction to this signature American story that contextualizes the report, outlines Fremont's rise and fall, and shows how, for better or worse, this explorer exemplifies the nineteenth-century American spirit.

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The Original Report of His Exploring Expeditions of 1842-1844

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