John Bicknell — Lincoln’s Pathfinder: John C. Fremont and the Violent Election of 1856

Garden District Book Shop hosts John Bicknell at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 30, at their uptown storefront (2727 Prytania Street). The author will read from and sign copies of his forthcoming novel, Lincoln’s Pathfinder: John C. Fremont and the Violent Election of 1856.

John Bicknell has written and edited for Congressional Quarterly, FCW, and Roll Call. He also coedited the of the 2012 edition of Politics in America, a 1,200-page guide to the US Congress. He also wrote America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed the Nation.