{"product_id":"fremont-explorer-for-a-restless-nation-vintage-west-9780874170962","title":"Fremont Explorer for a Restless Nation Vintage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween 1842 and 1853, John C. Fremont led five expeditions across the trans-Mississippi West. While the success of his early journeys gained him acclaim as a national hero, his later missions ended in tragedy and ultimately a court-martial. Historian Ferol Egan focuses on Fremont's explorations, providing a vivid portrait of a courageous man in an emerging young nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A large wide-eyed, genuinely exciting book. [Egan] succeeds in showing exploration as creative initiative rather than individual escapism. . . . It scores as grand storytelling.” — \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ferol Egan has maintained a remarkable objectivity, avoiding the trap befalling many biographers who identify and sympathize with their subject. . . . Few contemporary Western writers possess both the patience and the skill to combine a scholarly methodology and apparatus with the effective, readable prose that characterizes the work of Ferol Egan. This massive volume can best be described as a monumental contribution. Authoritative, organized to sustain reader interest, and beautifully written” —\u003cem\u003eCalifornia Historical Society\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"MP-NEV University of Nevada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038994039127,"sku":"9780874170962","price":28.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780874170962.jpg?v=1750942207","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fremont-explorer-for-a-restless-nation-vintage-west-9780874170962","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}