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Also by Sally Denton:

The Plots Against the President, January 2012
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Passion and Principle, May 2007
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PASSION AND PRINCIPLE
By: Sally Denton

John and Jessie Fremont, the Couple Whose Power, Politics, and Love Shaped Nineteenth-Century Americ

Bloomsbury Publishing
May 2007
On Sale: May 15, 2007
480 pages
ISBN: 1596910194
EAN: 9781596910195
Hardcover
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She was the daughter of powerful Missouri politician Thomas Hart Benton and was a savvy political operator who played confidante and advisor to the inner circle of the highest political powers in the country. He was a key figure in western exploration and California’s first senator, and became the first presidential candidate for the Republican Party—and the first candidate to challenge slavery. Both shaped their times and were far ahead of it, but most extraordinarily their story has never fully been told. Thanks in part to a deep-seated family quarrel between Jessie’s father and the couple, John and Jessie were eclipsed and opposed by some of the most mythic characters of their era, not least Abraham Lincoln. Award-winning historian Sally Denton restores the reputations of John and Jessie and places them where they belong—at the center of our country’s history.

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Weekend Edition Sunday - May 27, 2007