MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2007002000
003 DLC
005 20081205091643.0
008 070117s2007 nyuabcf b 001 0ceng
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020 $a9781596910195 (alk. paper)
020 $a1596910194 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)80019926
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100 1 $aDenton, Sally.
245 10 $aPassion and principle :$bJohn and Jessie Frémont, the couple whose power, politics, and love shaped nineteenth-century America /$cSally Denton.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury :$bDistributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck,$c2007.
300 $axiii, 460 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., maps, ports. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [428]-440) and index.
520 $aShe 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.
505 0 $aJohn 1813-1840 -- Jessie 1824-1840 -- The pathfinder and his wife 1840-1844 -- Bear flag 1845-1848 -- Gold 1849-1855 -- Free speech, free soil, free men, Frémont 1855-1857 -- War 1857-1862 -- Retreat 1862-1902.
600 10 $aFrémont, John Charles,$d1813-1890.
600 10 $aFrémont, Jessie Benton,$d1824-1902.
600 10 $aFrémont, John Charles,$d1813-1890$xMarriage.
650 0 $aExplorers$zWest (U.S.)$vBiography.
650 0 $aPioneers$zWest (U.S.)$vBiography.
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aPoliticians$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen pioneers$zWest (U.S.)$vBiography.
650 0 $aPoliticians' spouses$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aMarried people$zUnited States$vBiography.