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7) Snowbound
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Description
Trapped in the snowbound Colorado mountains, John Fremont must fight his way out, battling the frigid elements in a harrowing journey over the backbone of the continent. In this tale of desperate danger and fierce courage, Wheeler presents the reader with a survival saga like none before it-a struggle of man against man, man against nature, and man against himself- a novel you will never forget.
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Pub. Date
2010
Description
The primary objective of Fremont's second expedition in July of 1843 was to explore the Oregon Territory and create maps for the government. His secondary objective was to discover if a rumored direct route through the Rockies by way of the Cashe la Poudre River and its canyon was true.
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Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Biography of the man who has been nicknamed "The Pathfinder." Tells how he led four explorations of the lands west of the Rocky Mountains during the 1840's. When California became a state, he was chosen to be one of the state's first senators; and then later, ran for, and almost became, the fifteenth president of the United States.
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