Dream West

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Macmillan, 2005 - Fiction - 640 pages

Dream West is the New York Times bestselling fictional account of famed North America explorer John Charles Fremont, by David Nevin.

Upon its release over twenty years ago, Dream West was deemed a classic novel of the American West by both critics and the reading public. Telling the amazing true story of America's famed explorer, John Charles Fremont, and his beloved supporter and muse, Jessie Benton, it quickly found its way onto the New York Times bestsellers list and adapted into a CBS mini-series starring Richard Chamberlain.

Now available for the first time ever in trade paperback, Nevin's epic of adventure and discovery will once again give readers a chance to witness the passion of an early explorers dreams of the great unknown, and the love and perseverance that saw his dream come to life.

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Contents

Prairie
15
Starsights
30
Command
43
Gateway
55
Dreams
72
Lovers
90
Scout
113
Great Divide
152
Disaster
344
Sangre de Cristo
358
Reunion
378
Mariposa
389
The Giants
407
Grand Tour
422
Temptations
440
Candidate
450

Sierra
162
Sacramento
191
Grand Designs
203
Monterey
222
Pale Rider
239
Rebellion
250
Bear Flag
259
Duel
285
CourtMartial
302
Losses
323
Parting
334
Golden Gate
471
Council of War
493
Dark Hour
510
High Policy
527
Recall
548
Shenandoah
568
Course of Honor
586
Iron Horse
597
Echoes
610
Evening Star
627
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About the author (2005)

David Nevin has spent more than twenty years researching and writing The American Story, a series of novels dealing with the history of the United States from 1800 to 1860. His books comprising this era start with Dream West and include 1812, Eagle's Cry, Treason, and Meriwether.

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