Kit Carson: A Portrait in Courage (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780806116013)

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

Author: M. Morgan Estergreen, Edgar L. Hewett
ISBN-10: 0806116013
ISBN-13: 9780806116013
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Language: English
Published: 06/15/1980
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.79d