Kit Carson: A Portrait in Courage

Estergreen, M. Morgan

ISBN 10: 0806116013 / ISBN 13: 9780806116013

Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980

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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

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: M. Morgan Estergreen, who spent many years of research in preparing this volume, was a long-time resident of Taos, New Mexico, Kit's final resting place, and now lives in Santa Fe.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Kit Carson: A Portrait in Courage
Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1980
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Very Good