Frémont, John Charles 1813-1890

Overview

Works:	1,933 works in 3,703 publications in 3 languages and 64,471 library holdings
Genres:	Biography History Observations Personal correspondence Trials, litigation, etc Surveys Illustrated works Bibliography Speeches
Roles:	Author, Cartographer, Composer, Correspondent, Editor, Honoree, Other, Creator
Classifications:	F592, 917.8

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Most widely held works about John Charles Frémont

Frémont, pathmarker of the West by Allan Nevins( Book )
Jessie Benton Frémont, Missouri's trailblazer by Ilene Stone( )
Dream West by David Nevin( Book )
Snowbound by Richard S Wheeler( Book )
Frémont, explorer for a restless nation by Ferol Egan( Book )

Life, explorations and public services of John Charles Fremont by Charles Wentworth Upham( Book )
John Charles Frémont : character as destiny by Andrew F Rolle( )
Pathfinder : John Charles Frémont and the course of American empire by Tom Chaffin( Book )
A newer world : Kit Carson, John C. Frémont, and the claiming of the American West by David Roberts( Book )
The valley of shadows : the coming of the Civil War in Lincoln's Midwest : a contemporary account by Francis Grierson( Book )
Sight unseen : how Frémont's first expedition changed the American landscape by Andrew Menard( )
Jessie Benton Fremont : a biography by Pamela Herr( 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 )
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 )
Lincoln, master of men : a study in character by Alonzo Rothschild( 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 )
Frémont, the West's greatest adventurer; being a biography from certain hitherto unpublished sources of General John C. Frémont, together with his wife, Jessie Benton Frémont, and some account of the period of expansion which found a brilliant leader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 )
Whither the waters : mapping the Great Basin from Bernardo de Miera to John C. Frémont by John L Kessell( )

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Most widely held works by John Charles Frémont

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 )

76 editions published in 1845 in 3 languages and held by 966 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Describes the author explorations in the Oregon and California territory from 1842 to 1846. Contains detailed descriptions of the geography, botany, and other scientific findings of the regions

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

11 editions published between 1956 and 1958 in English and held by 890 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

2 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 784 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

7 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 682 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

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

28 editions published between 1848 and 1995 in English and held by 623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Narrative 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 )

29 editions published in 1846 in English and held by 464 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Memoir of the life and public services of John Charles Frémont : Including an account of his explorations, discoveries and adventures on five successive expeditions across the North American continent ; voluminous selections from his private and public correspondence ; his defence, before the court martial, and full reports of his principal speeches in the Senate of the United States by John Bigelow( Book )

3 editions published in 1856 in English and held by 449 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book examines the life of John Charles Frémont, American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States

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( )

14 editions published between 1843 and 1845 in English and held by 319 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

10 editions published between 1849 and 2010 in English and held by 315 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 Leavenworht, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila rivers by John Charles Frémont( )

12 editions published in 1849 in English and held by 301 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( )

22 editions published between 1856 and 1996 in English and held by 296 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

8 editions published in 1856 in English and held by 295 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 exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California by John Charles Frémont( Book )

43 editions published between 1849 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 294 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( )

8 editions published between 1857 and 1861 in English and held by 286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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 )

20 editions published between 1885 and 2012 in English and held by 274 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

6 editions published in 1852 in English and held by 254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Memoirs of my life by John Charles Frémont( Book )

20 editions published between 1887 and 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 247 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 exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California : to which is added a description of the physical geography of California, with recent notices of the gold region from the latest and most authentic sources by John Charles Frémont( Book )

32 editions published between 1849 and 2018 in English and held by 237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

7 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 220 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( )

3 editions published in 1856 in English and held by 184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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