Jessie Benton Fremont: A Woman Who Made History, by Catherine Coffin Phillips

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, love bloomed. Always passionately devoted to the controversial explorer, soldier and politician, she 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.