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Much has been written about Kit Carson, some of it truth, a great deal of it fiction. Trader, interpreter, teamster, scout, trapper, guide, express rider, Indian agent, brevet brigadier general, Indian fighter-Kit Carson was all of these things and more. ". (Estergreen) has succeeded in making the historical Kit Carson more fascinating than the hazily glamorous hero of many little boys' dreams."-Dallas Morning News "The author knows the subject . a fresh, vital study of one of the legends of the West."-Hollywood Reporter ". a very good biography ."-The Westerners Brand Book ". tightly documented and we historians hope it will end forever the 'bloated fiction' written about Carson. The book is a very readable history of the times."-Taos

Book details

Book category Books in English Biography & True Stories Biography: general

• Full title: Kit Carson
• Subtitle: A Portrait in Courage
• Author: M. Morgan Estergreen, Edgar L. Hewett
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• EAN: 9780806116013
• ISBN: 0806116013
• ID: 11524214
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Weight: 453 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 25 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. November 1962

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