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Jessie Benton Fremont: Missouri's Trailblazer (Missouri Heritage Readers)
Stone, Ilene, Grenz, Suzanna M.
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Paperback. Jessie Benton Fremont who was raised more like a son by her father Thomas Hart Benton (one of Missouri's first two senators), married army explorer John Charles Fremont against her parents' wishes. Although she lived her ambitions largely through her husband's career, she made a name for herself as a writer and a firm opponent of slavery. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 43 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 231.
When Senator Thomas Hart Benton, one of Missouri's first two senators, was expecting his second child in 1824, he hoped it would be a boy. Although he was graced instead with a girl, he named her Jessie and raised her more like a son than a nineteenth-century daughter. Senator Benton was the main influence in her life until 1841, when, at the age of seventeen, she married army explorer John Charles Fremont against her parents' wishes. Some degree of reconciliation occurred later, when Senator Benton promoted Fremont's famous explorations of the Great West. Jessie remained in Missouri with the couple's ... Read more
When Senator Thomas Hart Benton, one of Missouri's first two senators, was expecting his second child in 1824, he hoped it would be a boy. Although he was graced instead with a girl, he named her Jessie and raised her more like a son than a nineteenth-century daughter. Senator Benton was the main influence in her life until 1841, when, at the age of seventeen, she married army explorer John Charles Fremont against her parents' wishes. Some degree of reconciliation occurred later, when Senator Benton promoted Fremont's famous explorations of the Great West. Jessie remained in Missouri with the couple's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Series
Missouri Heritage Readers Series
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826216281
SKU
V9780826216281
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About Stone, Ilene, Grenz, Suzanna M.
ILENE STONE is a former adjunct faculty member in American history at San Diego Community College. SUZANNA M. GRENZ is an independent scholar living in southern California.
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