Imperfect union how Jessie and John Frémont mapped the West, invented celebrity, and helped cause the Civil War

"Steve Inskeep tells the riveting story of John and Jessie Frémont, the husband and wife team who in the 1800s were instrumental in the westward expansion of the United States, and thus became America's first great political couple John Frémont grew up amid family tragedy and shame. Born out of we...

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