Kit Carson was shown on the cover of an old dime novel slaying six Indians with one hand while protecting a fair maiden with the other. Stories about him, mainly apocryphal, circulated well before his death in 1868 and have been handed down in a multitude of biographies. Now Harvey L. Carter joins with Thelma S. Guild to present the fullest, most authoritative biography of Kit Carson ever written. Carefully separating myth from fact, the authors draw on a wide variety of sources, published and unpublished, including private ...
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Kit Carson was shown on the cover of an old dime novel slaying six Indians with one hand while protecting a fair maiden with the other. Stories about him, mainly apocryphal, circulated well before his death in 1868 and have been handed down in a multitude of biographies. Now Harvey L. Carter joins with Thelma S. Guild to present the fullest, most authoritative biography of Kit Carson ever written. Carefully separating myth from fact, the authors draw on a wide variety of sources, published and unpublished, including private letters. Their scrupulous restoration of Kit Carson in his geographical and historical setting proves that scholarship can have entertaining results: Kit Carson: A Pattern for Heroes is a cracking good adventure story.
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Add this copy of Kit Carson: a Pattern for Heroes to cart. $2.40, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Bison Books.
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Add this copy of Kit Carson: a Pattern for Heroes (Bison Book S) to cart. $2.42, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by Bison Books.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xii, 367 pp. Third printing. Light rubbing to the fore-corners of the covers. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.
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In the authors defense I'm sure it isn't easy writing a biography of an illiterate man that died almost 150 years ago. The first two thirds of the book is mostly bits and pieces of history that are in my opinion quite choppy in the way they're presented and redundant to anyone that has done much reading on the fur trade. The last third of the book is much better in it's prortrayal of his life as an indian agent, military and family man. Although parts of this section of the book still has incidents regarding unconnected characters in minor events thrown in that only serve to confuse the overall story and make it a less pleasurable read.
