The Old West's First Power Couples: The Frémonts, the Custers, and Their Epic Quest for Manifest Destiny - Softcover

Nester, William R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1940322510 ISBN 13: 9781940322513

Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2021

Synopsis

A century and a half before the Kennedys and the Clintons, the Frémonts and the Custers were American power couples. John and Jessie Frémont and George and Libbie Custer pioneered the phenomenon. Although little known today, Jessie and Libbie were nearly as famous as their husbands. Each served as her husband's political muse, offering candid advice and spurring him to higher ambitions. They were vivacious women who loved entertaining and being the center of attention. They were also courageous and followed their husbands into the dangers of war, the frontier, and the wilderness. The Old West's First Power Couples neither celebrates nor demonizes the Frémonts and the Custers. Instead each is explored as an extraordinary, gifted, flawed, unique individual who was half of a unique couple that made history and advanced America's Manifest Destiny, for better or worse.

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About the Author

William Nester is a professor in the Department of Government and Politics at St. John's University in New York City. He is the award-winning author of thirty-seven books on multiple dimensions of international relations, American national security, military history, and the nature of power. His "George Rogers Clark: I Glory in War" won the Army Historical Foundation's best biography award for 2013. His "Titan: The Art of British Power in the Age of Revolution and Napoleon" won the New York Military Affairs Symposium's 2016 Arthur Goodzett Book Award.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1940322510
• ISBN 13: 9781940322513
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344