{"product_id":"overland-with-kit-carson-george-douglas-brewerton-9780803261136","title":"Overland with Kit Carson: A Narrative of the Old Spanish Trail in '48","description":"Gold had just been discovered in California at the close of the Mexican War when Kit Carson started east from Los Angeles with Dispatches. Going with him was Lieutenant George Douglas Brewerton, who describes their journey over the Old Spanish Trail. It was a torturous route across deserts and mountains requiring the kind of expert survival skills that made Kit Carson famous. The scout, who was carrying the news that would begin the rush for gold, went as far as Taos, where he was reunited with his wife. From there Brewerton joined a wagon train that labored over the Santa Fe Trail to Independence, Missouri. \u003ci\u003eOverland with Kit Carson\u003c\/i\u003e is a colorful and authentic account of encounters with Indians and white adventurers and of the hazards and hardships that accompanied anyone who undertook such a long journey in a sparsely populated country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Douglas Brewerton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803261136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803261136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 5.32w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2001 pg. 62","brand":"George Douglas Brewerton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981249577215,"sku":"9780803261136","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8fac31f0-61f8-43a4-b672-4d9d40729fe3.jpg?v=1683254481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/overland-with-kit-carson-george-douglas-brewerton-9780803261136","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}