Overview :This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This w... Read More
Overview :By securing California and helping win the war against Mexico, John C. Frémont paved the way for a new wave of frontier settlers. He also fo... Read More
Overview :The 1856 presidential race was the most violent peacetime election in American history. War between proslavery and antislavery settlers rage... Read More
Overview :In this fascinating, epic biography, award-winning historian Stephen G. Yanoff vividly narrates the adventurous life-journey of John Charles... Read More
Overview :In 1856 the fledgling Republican party nominated as its first candidate for president John C. Frémont, the dashing explorer of the American ... Read More
Overview :Between 1842 and 1854 John C. Fr mont, renowned as the nineteenth century's greatest explorer, and Kit Carson, the legendary scout and India... Read More
Overview :*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe exploration of the American Wes... Read More
Overview :Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco (1713-1785) is remembered today not only as colonial New Mexico's preeminent religious artist, but also as the c... Read More
Overview :In 1842 John C. Fremont led a party of twenty-five men on a five-month journey from Saint Louis to the Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountai... Read More