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one particularly splended morning, up at
the Sierra Nevada's Carson Pass, I
strapped on snowshoes and, led by
mountaineer Bob Graham, hiked up to
Frémont's "Long Camp," which the
explorer established during his epic 1844
winter crossing of that range. Graham, a
retired farmer from Sacramento--using
Frémont's writings, modern
topographical maps, and GPS
technology--had discovered the site during
his own rambles through the
Sierra.
Tom Chaffin, PATHFINDER: John
C. Frémont and the Course of
American Empire
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PATHFINDER: John C. Frémont
and the Course of American Empire
by Tom ChaffinHill
& Wang--Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New
York, 2002
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From the preface:
"On one particularly splendid spring
morning, up at the Sierra Nevada's Carson
Pass, I strapped on snowshoes and, led by
mountaineer Bob Graham, hiked up to
Frémont's Long Camp, which the
explorer established during his epic 1844
winter crossing of that range. Graham, a
retired farmer from Sacramento--using
Frémont's writings, modern
topographical maps, and GPS
technology--had discovered the site during
his own rambles through the Sierras."
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Other books by Tom
Chaffin
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Fatal
Glory: Narciso
Lopez and the First Clandestine
U. S. War Against Cuba
By Tom
Chaffin
University of Virginia Press.
November 1996 Now in
paperback.
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Sea
of Gray : The
Around-the-World Odyssey of the
Confederate Raider Shenandoah
By Tom
Chaffin
Hill and Wang
Pub Date: 01/2006
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Fall 2008:
The
H. L. Hunley:
The Secret Hope of the
Confederacy
By Tom
Chaffin
Hill and Wang
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