Frémont, John Charles 1813-1890

Overview

Works:	1,994 works in 3,884 publications in 3 languages and 67,947 library holdings
Genres:	History Biographies Observations Surveys Maps Tables (Data) Illustrated works Bibliographies Speeches
Roles:	Author, Cartographer, Composer, Correspondent, Editor, Honoree, Creator, Researcher, Other
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 )
Frémont, explorer for a restless nation by Ferol Egan( Book )
Sight unseen : how Frémont's first expedition changed the American landscape by Andrew Menard( )

Snowbound by Richard S Wheeler( 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 )
Imperfect union : how Jessie and John Frémont mapped the West, invented celebrity, and helped cause the Civil War by Steve Inskeep( Book )
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 )
Memoir of the life and public services of John Charles Frémont by John Bigelow( Book )
Passion and principle : John and Jessie Frémont, the couple whose power, politics, and love shaped nineteenth-century America by Sally Denton( Book )
The great explorers by Piers Pennington( Book )
Whither the waters : mapping the Great Basin from Bernardo de Miera to John C. Frémont by John L Kessell( )
Lincoln, master of men : a study in character by Alonzo Rothschild( Book )

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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 J. C Frémont( Book )

82 editions published in 1845 in 3 languages and held by 1,067 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

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

7 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 1,062 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

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

9 editions published between 1956 and 1958 in English and held by 893 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Excerpts from his official reports and memoirs

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

2 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 779 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

31 editions published between 1848 and 1995 in English and held by 605 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 )

32 editions published in 1846 in English and held by 498 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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( )

30 editions published between 1843 and 1996 in English and held by 440 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Narrative of the expedition -- Catalogue of plants By John Torrey -- Astronomical observations -- Meteorological observations

The exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California by J. C Frémont( Book )

45 editions published between 1849 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 363 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 357 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."

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( )

14 editions published in 1849 in English and held by 301 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

9 editions published between 1849 and 2010 in English and held by 301 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 292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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 J. C Frémont( Book )

39 editions published between 1849 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 279 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( )

18 editions published between 1856 and 1996 in English and held by 253 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

5 editions published in 1852 in English and held by 245 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Memoirs of my life by John Charles Frémont( Book )

19 editions published between 1887 and 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 245 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 Frmont( Book )

17 editions published between 1885 and 2012 in English and held by 244 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 by A. J Allen( )

2 editions published in 1848 in English and held by 238 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

8 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 221 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 195 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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