Frémont, John Charles 1813-1890

Overview

Works:	1,700 works in 3,258 publications in 2 languages and 59,526 library holdings
Genres:	Observations History Surveys Biography Illustrated works Trials, litigation, etc Bibliography Maps
Roles:	Author, Correspondent, Cartographer, Composer, Editor, Honoree, Other
Classifications:	F592, 917.8

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Most widely held works about John Charles Frémont

Snowbound by Richard S Wheeler( Book )
Pathfinder : John Charles Frémont and the course of American empire by Tom Chaffin( Book )
Frémont, pathmarker of the West by Allan Nevins( Book )
Frémont, explorer for a restless nation by Ferol Egan( Book )
A newer world : Kit Carson, John C. Frémont, and the claiming of the American West by David Roberts( Book )

Jessie Benton Fremont : a biography by Pamela Herr( Book )
Life, explorations and public services of John Charles Fremont by Charles Wentworth Upham( Book )
The valley of shadows by Francis Grierson( Book )
The expeditions of John Charles Frémont by John Charles Frémont( Book )
The great explorers by Piers Pennington( Book )
Passion and principle : John and Jessie Frémont, the couple whose power, politics, and love shaped nineteenth-century America by Sally Denton( Book )
Exploring with Frémont : the private diaries of Charles Preuss, cartographer for John C. Frémont on his first, second, and fourth expeditions to the Far West by Charles Preuss( Book )
Fremont : pathmarker of the West by Allan Nevins( Book )
Incidents of travel and adventure in the far West : with Col. Frémont's last expedition across the Rocky Mountains ; including three months' residence in Utah, and a perilous trip across the great American desert to the Pacific by Solomon Nunes Carvalho( Book )
John Charles Frémont : character as destiny by Andrew F Rolle( Book )
Lincoln, master of men : a study in character by Alonzo Rothschild( Book )
Frémont, the West's greatest adventurer; being a biography from certain hitherto unpublished sources of General John C. Frémont, together with his wife, Jessie Benton Frémont, and some account of the period of expansion which found a brilliant leader in the Pathfinder by Allan Nevins( Book )
John Charles Frémont and the great Western reconnaissance by Edward D Harris( Book )
The life of Col. John Charles Fremont : and his narrative of explorations and adventures, in Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon and California by John Charles Frémont( Book )
Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44 by John Charles Frémont( Book )

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Most widely held works by John Charles Frémont

Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains by John Charles Frémont( Book )

105 editions published between 1840 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,681 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Consists of Frémont's report only, without the plates, appendices, &c. included in the congressional editions of 1845

Narratives of exploration and adventure by John Charles Frémont( Book )

10 editions published between 1956 and 1958 in English and held by 907 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and north California in the years 1843-'44 by John Charles Frémont( Book )

63 editions published between 1845 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 810 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Geographical memoir upon upper California : in illustration of his map of Oregon and California by John Charles Frémont( Book )

66 editions published between 1848 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 576 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California by John Charles Frémont( Book )

52 editions published between 1849 and 2013 in English and held by 355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Memoirs of my life by John Charles Frémont( Book )

20 editions published between 1887 and 2001 in English and held by 262 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fremont's memoirs are a firsthand account of the growth and expansion of the United States from the years 1828-1846, and include descriptions of the adventures that he shared with Kit Carson

The daring adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, among buffaloes, grizzlies and Indians : being a spirited diary of the most difficult and wonderful explorations ever made, opening ... the great pathway to the Pacific by John Charles Frémont( Book )

16 editions published between 1885 and 1888 in English and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A report on an exploration of the country lying between the Missouri river and the Rocky mountains : on the line of the Kansas and Great Platte rivers by John Charles Frémont( Book )

25 editions published between 1843 and 1996 in English and held by 184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Notes of travel in California : comprising the prominent geographical, agricultural, geological and mineralogical features of the country : also, the route from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers by John Charles Frémont( Book )

12 editions published in 1849 in English and held by 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The garden of the world, or, The great West : its history, its wealth, its natural advantages, and its future : also comprising a complete guide to emigrants, with a full description of the different routes westward by C. W Dana( Book )

5 editions published in 1856 in English and held by 139 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lake Ngami, or, Explorations and discoveries during four years' wanderings in the wilds of southwestern Africa by Charles John Andersson( Book )

6 editions published in 1857 in English and Undetermined and held by 93 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Frémont's first impressions : the original report of his exploring expeditions of 1842-1844 by John Charles Frémont( Book )

7 editions published in 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 87 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1842 John C. Frémont led a party of twenty-five men on a five-month journey from Saint Louis to the Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountains; his goal: to chart the best route to Oregon. In 1843 Frémont was commissioned for another expedition, to explore the Great Salt Lake, Washington, eastern California, Carson Pass, and the San Joaquin Valley, places that did not yet belong to the United States. His journals from these expeditions, edited in collaboration with his wife, Jessie Benton Frémont, and published by Congress, thrilled the nation and firmly established Frémont's persona as the Gre

Message of the President of the United States, communicating the proceedings of the court martial in the trial of Lieutenant Colonel Frémont by John Charles Frémont( Book )

10 editions published between 1848 and 1976 in English and held by 79 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

California, Fremont estates, and gold mines : non-sale to Mr. T.D. Sargent by David Hoffman( Book )

5 editions published in 1852 in English and held by 68 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The great West, or The garden of the world : its history, its wealth, its natural advantages, and its future. Also comprising a complete guide to emigrants, with a full description of the different routes westward. by C. W Dana( Book )

6 editions published between 1857 and 1861 in English and held by 59 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The life of Col. John Charles Fremont : and his narrative of explorations and adventures, in Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon and California by John Charles Frémont( Book )

16 editions published between 1856 and 1996 in English and held by 48 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The "Sons of Liberty," in 1776 and in 1856 by John Charles Frémont( Book )

7 editions published in 1856 in English and Undetermined and held by 31 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fremont Anti-slavery campaign tract. "John C. Fremont the Free Republican President, and thus put an end to the Slave-driving Democracy."

The expeditions of John Charles Frémont by John Charles Frémont( Book )

4 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 9 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Oregon and California : the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California ; to which is added a description of the physical geography of Californi, with recent notices of the gold region from the latest and most authentic sources by John Charles Frémont( Book )

5 editions published between 1849 and 1851 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ten years in Oregon : Travels and adventures of Doctor E. White and lady, west of the Rocky mountains, with incidents of two sea voyages via Sandwich Islands around Cape Horn, containing, also, a brief history of the missions and settlement of the country ... description of the soil, production and climate by A. J Allen( Book )

4 editions published in 1848 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dr. Elijah White, described by Howes as a "fervent Presbyterian missionary and political propagandist," ventured to Oregon in 1842 and returned in 1845. Mintz notes that White's party "started from Independence in May of 1842, in company with Medorem Crawford with L.W. Hastings joining them later. Allen speaks of obtaining Thomas Fitzpatrick as guide at Ft. Laramie to take them to Ft. Hall."

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