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  • JESSIE BENTON FREMONT: A Biography. by [Fremont, Jessie Benton, 1824 -1902] Herr, Pamela.
    [Fremont, Jessie Benton, 1824 -1902] Herr, Pamela.
    JESSIE BENTON FREMONT: A Biography.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - This biography, based on hundreds of newly discovered letters and other unpublished sources, conveys what it was like to be gifted, ambitious, and female in nineteenth-century America. As the rebellious daughter of the powerful Missouri senator, Thomas Hart Benson, she defied her family to elope with the explorer, John Charles Fremont, explorer - for the next 60 years she devoted her talents to promoting his career and reputation: joining him in California where the mines brought them a fortune, later lost and when he became the first Republican party presidential candidate, and Union general during the Civil War. As his ghostwriter, press agent, chief of staff, as well as…

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    New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - This biography, based on hundreds of newly discovered letters and other unpublished sources, conveys what it was like to be gifted, ambitious, and female in nineteenth-century America. As the rebellious daughter of the powerful Missouri senator, Thomas Hart Benson, she defied her family to elope with the explorer, John Charles Fremont, explorer - for the next 60 years she devoted her talents to promoting his career and reputation: joining him in California where the mines brought them a fortune, later lost and when he became the first Republican party presidential candidate, and Union general during the Civil War. As his ghostwriter, press agent, chief of staff, as well as mother to their five children of California, she made sure that his name - and that of fellow explorer Kit Carson, were not forgotten. Frontispiece portrait, notes, bibliography, index. xii, 496 pp. ISBN: 0-531150119.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88288
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  • BURIED TREASURE. by Meadows, Lorena Edwards.
    Meadows, Lorena Edwards.
    BURIED TREASURE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    El Cerrito, CA: Earl Enterprises, 1982. First edition - The second book by the author of "A Sagebrush Heritage." Written in a very informal style, this begins with "A sexagenarian writes a book, so can you." The buried treasure, of course, are the papers, letters, photographs and more, sometimes saved over the generations, and which inspired her to write her family history. This book includes information about some of the people who helped her in her research and provided more letters for her - as well as some authors whom she knew slightly or wrote to. Illustrated with photographs. Index. 169 pp. ISBN: 0-960256417.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated yellow wrappers.

    Book ID: 90305
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  • UNSUBMISSIVE WOMEN: Chinese Prostitutes in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco. by Tong, Benson.
    Tong, Benson.
    UNSUBMISSIVE WOMEN: Chinese Prostitutes in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco.

    Edition: First printing.

    Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of Gold Rush-era Chinese prostitutes, which looks at these women as complex human beings rather than as commodities, as working women and objects of anti-Chinese sentiment. Based on census schedules, newspapers, government documents, literary sources, missionary records. Illustrated with photographs and reproductions of drawings. Extensive notes, bibliography, index. xix, 300 pp,. ISBN: 0-806126531.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 44961
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  • AN UNSPOKEN HUNGER: Stories from the Field. by Williams, Terry Tempest.
    Williams, Terry Tempest.
    AN UNSPOKEN HUNGER: Stories from the Field.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays which uses "poetic and insightful inspiration to urge the reader to become aware, assess the damage, and begin to heal broken bonds." It opens on Africa's Serengeti Plain and then moves on to the deep woods of Sitka, Yellowston National Park, an eulogy for Edward Abbey and more. 142 pp. ISBN: 0-679432442.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 90150
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