The Pathfinder and the President: John C. Frémont, Abraham Lincoln, and the Battle for Emancipation - Hardcover

by John Bicknell (Author)

John Bicknell's book explores the volatile relationship between Abraham Lincoln and John C. Frémont, the Republican party's first presidential nominee in 1856, in its political and military dimensions. Frémont's is an important--and never dull--story, and Bicknell gives us a better understanding of Frémont, Lincoln, emancipation, and the Civil War.

Author Biography

John Bicknell is the author of Lincoln's Pathfinder: John C. Frémont and the Violent Election of 1856 and America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed the Nation. He was a journalist for more than thirty years, working as a reporter and editor for Congressional Quarterly and Roll Call. He lives in central Illinois.