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Book SynopsisIn 1853 Solomon Nunes Carvalho, proud descendant of a Sephardic Jewish family, accepted the invitation of Col. John Charles Fremont to accompany him on his fifth expedition of discovery through the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.
Westward with Fremont tells the exciting story of one of the great legendary figures in American Jewish history.
Table of ContentsSolomon Carvalho Joins Fremont
1. Invitation to Adventure
2. A Way for the Lord
3. Farewell to Friends
4. Packing for the Journey
Eastward from St. Louis
5. St. Louis, September 14, 1853
6. Preparing for the Trail
7. Solomon Carvalho, Great Medicine Man
8. Solomon Carvalho, M.D.
9. The Great Divide
10. New Year’s Day, 1854
Hardships of the Trail
11. On Guard
12. The Oath
13. Lost in the Snows
14. Licked!
15. Put Not Your Trust in Princes
16. Parowan
17. Salt Lake City
18. War or Peace?
19. The Hatred Hornadoes
After the Adventure
20. All Israel is Responsible for One Another
21. The Charter
22. Mr. Solomon Nunes Carvalho, Author
23. Free Soil, Free Speech, and Fremont
24. Looking Backward
