Bear Flag Revolt

(Hardback, Large Print Edition)

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American settlers rebelled in 1845 when Mexican authorities ordered them off their California homesteads. Fifteen-year-old, fictional character, David Brennan, who came west with Kit Carson as a civilian member of Captain John Frmont's map-making expedition, secretly joined the rebels. The rebel's ragtag army captured Sonoma, declared independence from Mexico, and raised their hand-painted flag as they created the Bear Flag Republic. If Pathfinder Frmont had secret orders from President James Polk to seize California, why did he hesitate to participate in the rebellion After General Kearny's dragoons and Commodore Stockton's sailors and marines arrived to conquer Mexican California, Frmont found himself at odds with these superior officers. Unexpectedly, it was Frmont and the Bear Flaggers who accepted the Mexican army's surrender and ensured California belonged to the United States. Why then, David asked himself, did the American army want to court-martial Frmont

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Award winning author Robert Lee Murphy grew up in Hobbs, New Mexico, before graduating from the University of Oklahoma in 1960. Following college, he served in the U. S. Army for seven years, departing active duty with the rank of captain. For the next thirty-six years he pursued a business career that involved working with national and international institutions on all seven continents, including Antarctica, where Murphy Peak bears his name in recognition of his contributions in supporting polar science.