ebooks Reproducing Racism: How Everyday Choices Lock In White Advantage by Daria Roithmayr in History

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During his remarkable life; John Charles Frémont served as a senator for the newly-formed state of California; led Union troops in the Civil War; and was governor of the territory of Arizona. His race for the presidency in 1856 brought prestige to the fledgling Republican Party; yet despite his popularity; his uncompromising determination to abolish slavery cost him the election. For all of his experiences in politics and the military; it was the earlier decades of Frémont's life that were the most exciting. Shortly after graduating from college; he joined a mapping expedition and surveyed the hills of South Carolina and Tennessee for the government. Eager to continue exploring; Frémont went on five more expeditions to America west of the Appalachians during the years from 1839 to 1846. He traveled up the Missouri river; crossed the Rocky Mountains; and reached the West Coast on several journeys; often with his friend Kit Carson; the legendary mountain man. In Memoirs of My Life; Frémont recounts those years in the wilderness; encountering the fabulous landscapes and native people of America's interior before the westward expansion of the U. S. His journeys across the unmapped prairies; mountains; and deserts offer a wonderful glimpse of North America's natural grandeur in its original state.