1809-1868

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1809-1868

Kit Carson

he led the way
2007
Examines the life and frontier explorations of legendary trapper and Indian agent Christopher 'Kit' Carson.

Kit Carson

a life of adventure
2000
Chronicles the life of Kit Carson, a frontiersman who survived the hardships of the Wild West.

Message from the mountains

1985
In the frontier town of Franklin, Missouri, in 1826, teenage friends Jim Matthews and Kit Carson share the dream of running away to a life of adventure on the Santa Fe Trail.

Kit Carson's autobiography

1935
Recounts the life and varied achievements of Kit Carson--the trapper, Indian fighter, guide, and buffalo hunter until the fall of 1856.

Kit Carson, trailblazer of the West

1973
An easy-to-read biography of Kit Carson, who ran away from home at the age of fifteen to begin a career as a hunter, explorer, and mountain man.

Kit Carson

frontier scout
1996
The life of Kit Carson, legendary scout, mountain man, and soldier of the Old West.

A right fine life

Kit Carson on the Santa Fe Trail
1997
Shortly before his sixteenth birthday, Kit Carson leaves his home in Missouri, heads out for Santa Fe, and begins a series of adventures as a legendary mountain man.

The Long Walk

the story of Navajo captivity
2003
Presents an overview of the history of the Navajo Indians, with a detailed account of how the United States Government, represented by Kit Carson, forced them on a 300-mile walk from their homeland in the Southwest to a prison camp at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, in 1864, and their eventual return home after the United States-Navajo Treaty of 1868.

Kit Carson

2004
Examines the life of Kit Carson, discussing his childhood in Kentucky, his move to New Mexico where he worked as a trapper, his experiences as a guide for explorer John Fremont, his work as an Indian agent, and his roles in the Mexican and Civil Wars.

Kit Carson

mountain man
2003
Traces the life of the well-known figure from the Old West, Kit Carson, from his childhood in Kentucky and Missouri, through his years as a trapper, explorer and soldier, to his death in Colorado in 1868.

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