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Snowbound
by
Richard S. Wheeler (Goodreads Author)
In this powerful biographical novel, Richard Wheeler—winner of the Owen Wister Lifetime Achievement Award andfive Spur Awards—tells the amazing tale of the American explorer and hero, John Fremont, and his attempt to find a railway route to the west along the 38th parallel.
Trapped in the snowbound Colorado mountains, Fremont must fight his way out. He battles the frigid el...more
Trapped in the snowbound Colorado mountains, Fremont must fight his way out. He battles the frigid el...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
March 2nd 2010
by Forge Books
(first published 2010)
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The noveliization of John Charles Fremont`s tragic fourth expedition through the Colorado mountains in the dead of winter. The mystery of a man who could lead his expedition to a wreckless assault of the San Juan Mountains in the dead of a horrible winter without regard or sympathy for his men or their familys, without regret for deaths or consequences of poor decisions, and always lay the blame for anything bad that happened on somewhere else. Excellent story and drama, I really enjoyed the sto...more
This book is very clever, very well written. The problem is you end up hating Fremont within the first few chapters. Knowing you have another 200 pages of his blunders and horrific mistakes to get through, makes it that much harder to read.
His wife was fascinating. I would love to learn more about her. He treated her so poorly and yet she always championed him and his causes, turning him into a legend. I would love to know how you do that to someone who doesn't treat you right.
I would like to...more
His wife was fascinating. I would love to learn more about her. He treated her so poorly and yet she always championed him and his causes, turning him into a legend. I would love to know how you do that to someone who doesn't treat you right.
I would like to...more
Excellent biographical novel about crossing the US along the 38th parallel in dead of winter under the guise of mapping out a railroad route or the possibility of one. In reality it is more about the esteemed leader John Fremont's own personal mission to push boundaries. An on the edge of your seat story of as the cover says "man against man, man against nature, man against himself..."
This is the story of John Fremont who is trapped in the snow in Colorado. He is on a quest to find a path for the railroad along the 38 parallel ending in San Francisco. He had a very different personality which was expressed in each chapter as the story was told from that person's perspective. Well writen, but a little gory.
Another just ok book covered exploration of a possible site for a railway between New York and California. The perils of travel in the winter and what power/fame does to the seeker.
Excellent historical novel that really gives a vivid pictures of the trials this ill-fated expedition went through. Told from different perspectives and points of view.
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The only thing that could make this book better is if it was longer! I love to read about people against winter!
Aug 20, 2010
Mary Brady
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I just picked this book up from the Library and I started reading it yesterday...
Loved his true story
I was right there with them in the mountains .....
I was right there with them in the mountains .....
Well written novelistic account of one bad idea in the Colorado winter of 1848.
A Spur award winning western part truth and fiction.
A very interesting story of severe hardship. And it is about a man that I have been following around (virtually) in the mountains most of my life. I've even stood underneath the peak named after him but not yet stood on top. Where is it? The Wind Rivers. Good story. The writing is so-so. Mr. Fremont was not a very admirable guy.
saw on new fiction shelf at WHI
saw on new fiction shelf at WHI
It started out interesting but degenerated into a repatition of the same rhetoric.
powerful!
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Richard S. (Shaw) Wheeler was born in Milwaukee in 1935 and grew up in nearby Wauwatosa.
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Richard S. (Shaw) Wheeler was born in Milwaukee in 1935 and grew up in nearby Wauwatosa.
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