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Dream West, The American Story

The New York Times–bestselling fictional account of explorer John Charles Frémont, “written with verve, authenticity, and a sure sense of our history” (John Jakes).

Upon its release in 1983, Dream West was deemed a classic novel of the American West by both critics and the reading public. Telling the amazing true story of America’s famed explorer, John Charles Frémont, and his beloved supporter and muse, Jessie Benton, it quickly found its way onto the New York Times bestsellers list and was adapted into a CBS miniseries starring Richard Chamberlain.

Now available as an ebook, Nevin’s epic of adventure and discovery will once again give readers a chance to witness the passion of an early explorer’s dreams of the great unknown, and the love and perseverance that saw his dream come to life.

“A wilderness to be conquered—and a love that could not be tamed.” —People

“A rousing, old-fashioned yarn, rich in detail and romance.” —The New York Times

“Masterful storytelling in the grand manner that will keep you turning pages until far, far into the night!” —The Denver Post

“The dramatic, adventurous love story of two magnificent people . . . written with passion and immediacy . . . a novel the reader wishes would never end.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“A wonderfully massive novel . . . one that captures both broad scope and fine details . . . This is America’s historical fiction at its finest.” —The Dallas Morning News

“Magical, fabulous scenes of the untouched American West.” —Chicago Sun-Times

David Nevin

DAVID NEVIN has spent more than twenty years researching and writing The American Story, a series of novels dealing with the history of the United States from 1800-1860. His books comprsing this era start with Dream West and include 1812, Eagle's Cry, Treason, and Meriwether.

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