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Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Fremont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War
By Inskeep, Steve
- ISBN
- 9780735224353
- Publisher
- Penguin Pr.
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Reviewed on December 1, 2019 | Social Sciences
Inskeep (host, NPR's Morning Edition; Jacksonland) begins this latest work with an 1845 incident intended to demonstrate the enormous fame of John Fremont (1813–90) at that time. After a local newspaper reported Fremont's arrival in St. Louis prior to his third expedition of the American West, he was assailed by an unruly mass of men who wished to join him. Inskeep proposes that the m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
