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Kit Carson : trail blazer and scout
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- Summary
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A biography of the frontiersman who was a teamster, trapper, hunter, guide for the explorer Frémont, and soldier in the Army during the war with Mexico.
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- Creator
- by Shannon Garst ; illustrated by Harry Daugherty
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New York : Julian Messner, [1942]
- ©1942
- Physical Details
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- xii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00470005
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-236) and index.
- The education of a runt -- The runaway apprentice -- On the trail -- Education of a tenderfoot -- The buffalo hunt -- Adventure! -- No pot of gold -- Kit's first coup -- Kit wins his spurs -- A narrow escape -- The 'worst difficult experience' -- Brush with the blackfeet -- Hell and leather for the blackfeet -- Kit traps a Squaw -- A fork in the trail -- The trail grow rough -- The trail to fame -- Kit becomes a public hero -- Carson in California -- A stumbling block to fame -- Kit sees the President -- Another attempt to settle down -- Kit becomes an Indian agent -- The greatest Indian battle -- The long rest -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Subjects
- Carson, Kit, 1809-1868 -- Juvenile literature.
- Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Soldiers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
- Carson, Kit, 1809-1868 -- Juvenile literature.
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