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Jessie Benton Fremont : A Woman Who Made History

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A favorite of President Andrew Jackson and the daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, Jessie Benton was acquainted with the famous from childhood.

When the vivacious belle met John C. Frémont, “the handsomest young man who ever walked the streets of Washington,” love bloomed.

Always passionately devoted to the controversial explorer, soldier, and politician, Jessie bore John five children, maintained a family life, charmed and campaigned on his behalf, and helped him write the popular reports of his western trailblazing.

These pages, filled with public figures such as Kit Carson and Abraham Lincoln, present a lively and fearless woman.

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Product Details
Bison Books
0803287402 / 9780803287402
Paperback / softback
01/04/1995
United States
361 pages, Illus.
525 grams