This is a new release of the original 1929 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1935 edition.

1929. A study in personality and achievements bearing upon the growth of a commonwealth. A portrait of Cole, pioneer, citizen and statesman, who, at the time of his death had lived during the lifetime of every President of the United States with the exception of George Washington. His activities and the events he participated in portray the colorful story of California from the time of the gold seeker to that of the realtor. Contents: Old Dutch Portraits; Bull's-eye and Blunderbuss; Gold Seeker; San Francisco in 1850; Olive Colegrove; The Republican Journalist; District Attorney of Sacramento; Civil War Congressman; A Friend of Lincoln; The United States Senator; The Pacific Railroad; President Grant and Santo Domingo; The Human Fraud; Vindictive Opponents; The Goat Island Controversy; Cole Family Life in Washington; Social Washington in 1869; Family Life in San Francisco, 1874 to 1881; Citizen and Sage; California's Grand Old Man; and A California Sunset.

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1929. A study in personality and achievements bearing upon the growth of a commonwealth. A portrait of Cole, pioneer, citizen and statesman, who, at the time of his death had lived during the lifetime of every President of the United States with the exception of George Washington. His activities and the events he participated in portray the colorful story of California from the time of the gold seeker to that of the realtor. Contents: Old Dutch Portraits; Bull's-eye and Blunderbuss; Gold Seeker; San Francisco in 1850; Olive Colegrove; The Republican Journalist; District Attorney of Sacramento; Civil War Congressman; A Friend of Lincoln; The United States Senator; The Pacific Railroad; President Grant and Santo Domingo; The Human Fraud; Vindictive Opponents; The Goat Island Controversy; Cole Family Life in Washington; Social Washington in 1869; Family Life in San Francisco, 1874 to 1881; Citizen and Sage; California's Grand Old Man; and A California Sunset.

"Jessie Benton Frimont, witty, fearless, determined, beautiful, was one of the most admirable women of her long generation. . . . Even the cynical must admit that it is a beautiful story."-Allan Nevins, New York Times. "Contains a considerable amount of the atmosphere of official Washington and early California, as well as numerous apt anecdotes which add spice. . . . Mrs. Phillips makes Jessie Frimont live and breathe."-American Historical Review. A favorite of President Andrew Jackson and the daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, Jessie Benton was acquainted with the famous from childhood. When the vivacious belle met John C. Frimont, "the handsomest young man who ever walked the streets of Washington, " love bloomed. Always passionately devoted to the controversial explorer, soldier, and politician, Jessie bore John five children, maintained a family life, charmed and campaigned on his behalf, and helped him write the popular reports of his western trailblazing. These pages, filled with public figures such as Kit Carson and Abraham Lincoln, present a lively and fearless woman. Catherine Coffin Phillips, whose family knew Jessie Frimont during her last years in Los Angeles, had access to private letters. Introducing this Bison Book edition is Christine Bold, an assistant professor of English at the University of Guelph, and the author of Selling the Wild West: Popular Western Fiction, 1860 to 1960.

1929. A study in personality and achievements bearing upon the growth of a commonwealth. A portrait of Cole, pioneer, citizen and statesman, who, at the time of his death had lived during the lifetime of every President of the United States with the exception of George Washington. His activities and the events he participated in portray the colorful story of California from the time of the gold seeker to that of the realtor. Contents: Old Dutch Portraits; Bull's-eye and Blunderbuss; Gold Seeker; San Francisco in 1850; Olive Colegrove; The Republican Journalist; District Attorney of Sacramento; Civil War Congressman; A Friend of Lincoln; The United States Senator; The Pacific Railroad; President Grant and Santo Domingo; The Human Fraud; Vindictive Opponents; The Goat Island Controversy; Cole Family Life in Washington; Social Washington in 1869; Family Life in San Francisco, 1874 to 1881; Citizen and Sage; California's Grand Old Man; and A California Sunset.

"Jessie Benton Frimont, witty, fearless, determined, beautiful, was one of the most admirable women of her long generation. . . . Even the cynical must admit that it is a beautiful story."-Allan Nevins, New York Times. "Contains a considerable amount of the atmosphere of official Washington and early California, as well as numerous apt anecdotes which add spice. . . . Mrs. Phillips makes Jessie Frimont live and breathe."-American Historical Review. A favorite of President Andrew Jackson and the daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, Jessie Benton was acquainted with the famous from childhood. When the vivacious belle met John C. Frimont, "the handsomest young man who ever walked the streets of Washington, " love bloomed. Always passionately devoted to the controversial explorer, soldier, and politician, Jessie bore John five children, maintained a family life, charmed and campaigned on his behalf, and helped him write the popular reports of his western trailblazing. These pages, filled with public figures such as Kit Carson and Abraham Lincoln, present a lively and fearless woman. Catherine Coffin Phillips, whose family knew Jessie Frimont during her last years in Los Angeles, had access to private letters. Introducing this Bison Book edition is Christine Bold, an assistant professor of English at the University of Guelph, and the author of Selling the Wild West: Popular Western Fiction, 1860 to 1960.

1929. A study in personality and achievements bearing upon the growth of a commonwealth. A portrait of Cole, pioneer, citizen and statesman, who, at the time of his death had lived during the lifetime of every President of the United States with the exception of George Washington. His activities and the events he participated in portray the colorful story of California from the time of the gold seeker to that of the realtor. Contents: Old Dutch Portraits; Bull's-eye and Blunderbuss; Gold Seeker; San Francisco in 1850; Olive Colegrove; The Republican Journalist; District Attorney of Sacramento; Civil War Congressman; A Friend of Lincoln; The United States Senator; The Pacific Railroad; President Grant and Santo Domingo; The Human Fraud; Vindictive Opponents; The Goat Island Controversy; Cole Family Life in Washington; Social Washington in 1869; Family Life in San Francisco, 1874 to 1881; Citizen and Sage; California's Grand Old Man; and A California Sunset.

A favorite of President Andrew Jackson and the daughter of Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, Jessie Benton was acquainted with the famous from childhood. When the vivacious belle met John C. Fremont, "the handsomest young man who ever walked the streets of Washington," love bloomed. Always passionately devoted to the controversial explorer, soldier, and politician, Jessie bore John five children, maintained a family life, charmed and campaigned on his behalf, and helped him write the popular reports of his western trailblazing. These pages, filled with public figures such as Kit Carson and Abraham Lincoln, present a lively and fearless woman.