Jessie Benton Fremont: California Pioneer

Jessie Benton Fremont: California Pioneer by Marguerite Higgins, tells the story of Jessie Benton Fremont, one of California's first notable pioneers. Along with her husband John Fremont, she was passionate about abolition and together their effors assured California's admission to the Union as a free state. She was presented at court in both England and France, lived in pioneer tents during the Gold Rush era, had audiences with Lincoln, and acted as am Army nurse during the Civil War. Paperback, 188 pages