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1856 Fremont Illustrated American Exploration California Rocky Mountains Smucker
1856 Fremont Illustrated American Exploration California Rocky Mountains Smucker
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1856 Fremont Illustrated American Exploration California Rocky Mountains Smucker



John Charles Frémont or Fremont was an American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. This account of exploration includes Fremonts expeditions took him to California, along the Oregon Trail, and through Nevada, where he encountered and battled Native American Indians.



This first edition, first printing of “Life of Col. John C. Fremont” was published the year Fremont ran for President. It features 8 full-page engraved plates throughout! A truly iconic piece of Americana literature. According to Sabin,

“Mr. Smuckers memoir of Col. Fremont forms p. 5-72. The rest of the book is a reprint of Col. Fremonts official A Report on an Exploration of the Country lying between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, 1843, Senate ed.”



According to Kurutz, Report is “one of the monumental works of western exploration!”



Item number: #24705

Price: $399



SMUCKER, Samuel M.



The life of Col. John Charles Fremont, and his narrative of explorations and adventures, in Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon and California: the memoir by Samuel M. Smucker.



New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

493, [1]

5 illustrations

References: Sabin 85161

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Blue cloth

Size: ~7.75in X 5.5in (19.5cm x 14cm)



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1856 Fremont Illustrated American Exploration California Rocky Mountains Smucker

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