Kit Carson: A Portrait in Courage

by M. Morgan Estergreen

Book Overview

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 ...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806116013
• ISBN13: 9780806116013
• Release Date: June 1980
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"