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August 28, 1886
The Ottawa Free Trader
Ottawa, La Salle County County, Illinois
What is this article about?
The memoirs of Gen. John C. Fremont, co-authored with his wife Jessie Benton Fremont, are being prepared as ten large octavo volumes exceeding 600 pages each. The general narrates using old documents, while Mrs. Fremont writes. The book will illuminate national events of the last thirty years and modify some existing opinions.
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The Memoirs of Gen. Fremont.
The "Memoirs of Gen. John C. Fremont," which is now preparing for the press, will comprise ten large octavos of over 600 pages each and promises to be intensely interesting. The book is a joint production, although "Jessie Benton Fremont" appears as the author. The general, with a great array of documents, journals and memoranda, many of them yellow with age, dictates, or rather narrates, and Mrs. Fremont writes. Beginning in the early morning, the general and his wife are at work until the middle of the afternoon. During these hours no friend intrudes. At 4 o'clock they go out and drive, returning to dine at 6. The evening is spent in social recreation. Not later than 10 they retire. The forthcoming work, which will be elegantly illustrated, will let in a good deal of light on the national events of the last thirty years, and will, as to some of them with which Gen. Fremont was identified, compel a modification of existing opinions.—Frank Leslie's.
The "Memoirs of Gen. John C. Fremont," which is now preparing for the press, will comprise ten large octavos of over 600 pages each and promises to be intensely interesting. The book is a joint production, although "Jessie Benton Fremont" appears as the author. The general, with a great array of documents, journals and memoranda, many of them yellow with age, dictates, or rather narrates, and Mrs. Fremont writes. Beginning in the early morning, the general and his wife are at work until the middle of the afternoon. During these hours no friend intrudes. At 4 o'clock they go out and drive, returning to dine at 6. The evening is spent in social recreation. Not later than 10 they retire. The forthcoming work, which will be elegantly illustrated, will let in a good deal of light on the national events of the last thirty years, and will, as to some of them with which Gen. Fremont was identified, compel a modification of existing opinions.—Frank Leslie's.
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
Memoirs
John C. Fremont
Book Preparation
Historical Events
Joint Authorship
What entities or persons were involved?
Gen. John C. Fremont
Jessie Benton Fremont
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Key Persons
Gen. John C. Fremont
Jessie Benton Fremont
Event Date
Last Thirty Years
Story Details
Gen. Fremont and his wife collaborate on his memoirs, with him narrating from old documents and her writing; the multi-volume work will provide new insights into recent national history.