The Life of Kit Carson

by Alan E. Grey

Overview

Kit Carson, the quintessential frontiersman, is remembered as a larger-than-life mountain man, explorer, trapper, guide, soldier, Indian agent, officer, hunter, and rancher. In The Life of Kit Carson, Alan E. Grey invites young readers to join Kit as he strikes out on his own at the age of sixteen to find adventure along the beaver streams; ride with him and John Fremont as they explore the untamed West, taking cover as Kit trades gunfire in the Mexican-American War; and witness his encounters with Indians in the Navajo and Southern Plains campaigns. Composed of stories discovered through years of research, this book is an exciting and easy-to-read, action-packed tale. Young readers and adults alike will find both education and entertainment in this masterfully presented life story.

 

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496203786
Publisher:	UNP - Bison Books
Publication date:	01/12/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	152
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	11 - 13 Years

About the Author

Alan E. Grey has graduate degrees in chemistry and has worked as a chemist for most of his adult life. Since retirement, he has followed his lifelong interest in western history. He is the author of The Life of Chief Joseph (available in a Bison Books edition).

Table of Contents

1 The Early Years 1

2 The Santa Fe Experience 7

3 First Trip to California 15

4 Trip North With Thomas Fitzpatrick 23

5 Second Trip North 29

6 Guiding Colonel John C. Fremont 41

7 War With Mexico 61

8 Post War Activities 89

9 Indian Agent 100

10 The Civil War and After 115

11 Epilogue 133