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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1963. Excellent reading copy with the usual library stamps and labels; dj wrinkled, rubbed and taped; overall clean and tight. Biography of Jessie Benton Fremont, the wife of explorer John Charles Fremont. . 2nd Prtg.. Cloth. Good/Good. Illus. by Photos and Drawings. 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ex-Library Hardcover.

Little, Brown and Company, 1963. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boston: Little, Brown And Company, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo; xiv, 223 pages, tan cloth Jessie was the daughter of Sen. Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, a lion of the U. S. Senate. Against his will, she married John Fremont, an impecunious military man. Fremont ended up with astonishing career, becoming ( among many things) "The Pathfinder", and the first candidate of the new Republican Party for President of the United States in 1856 - and Jessie was the woman behind the man, and here is her story. Ruth was a biographer of women who was married to Prof. Randall, the first scholarly biographer of Lincoln. Here she was inspired by using over 300 unpublished letters between the Fremonts.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company , 1963. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Good/Good. Good Hardcover with Good Dustjacket. First Edition. DJ shows light shelfwear. Covers have little to no shelfwear or soil. Binding loose. Pages Clean. Pictures Available Upon Request.

Boston: Little, Brown., 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. orig. cloth dust jacket, pp., xiv, 223., illustrated, frontis., portraits, text illustrations, index, slight darkening to spine of d.j. else, Size: 8 Vo.,.