Kit Carson
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Series
A Bison book volume BB325
Pub. Date
1935.
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Recounts the life and varied achievements of Kit Carson--the trapper, Indian fighter, guide, and buffalo hunter until the fall of 1856.
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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,...