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Memoirs Of My Life (Volume I)

Memoirs Of My Life (Volume I)

Charles Frémont, John

Paperback

Biographies GeneralGeneral ReferenceRegional: West

ISBN10: 9354484476
ISBN13: 9789354484476
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 15 2021
Pages: 848
Weight: 4.24
Height: 1.68 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Before railways bound the continent together, John C. Frémont rode at its ragged edge, mapping what most Americans knew only as blank space. Every mile reshaped a nation. Memoirs Of My Life (Volume I) is a 19th century explorer memoir and american frontier autobiography told in Frémont's own plain yet vivid voice, a lewis and clark style narrative of courage, calculation, and consequence across the unmapped interior. As the opening instalment of the john c fremont memoirs, this classic American history memoir traces his expeditions into the interior, encounters with landscapes that would later become states, and the rival visions shaping the 19th century American West in the years before the Civil War. Calmly observant yet intensely engaged, Frémont offers a primary source American West account that doubles as a western expansion history narrative and a window into antebellum United States history, invaluable for American history students and for fans of biographies who want to travel beside the people who changed events rather than read about them from a distance. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today, a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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