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Which is not to say that the book is merely sugar-coated history, for it is not. It has little mechanical intricacy of plot but a strong thread binds it together?the thread of Fremont's inevitable and typically American struggle up from the status of a "neatherd"#151;his adventures in local politics?his love for Winifred Ashe and their runaway marriage?his friendship for the outlaw Bushyagers?Winifred's tragic death and the unhappy chance that left Fremont a widower, with two children to support and the debts of his somewhat rascally-father-in-law to shoulder?...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hawkeye* | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

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