(496) Kit Carson: Portrait in Courage M. Morgan Estergreen Frontiersman PB 1980

Description: (496) Kit Carson: Portrait in Courage M. Morgan Estergreen Frontiersman PB 1980 Click images to enlarge Description Kit Carson: A Portrait in Courage by M. Morgan Estergreen and Edgar L. Hewett (Introduction) This book is used but remains in good overall condition with some minor shelf wear to the covers (see pictures). Much has been written about Kit Carson, some of it truth, a great deal of it fiction. The two have been mixed all too often, resulting in an unfaithful and highly distorted picture of the Great Scout. Incorporating as its introduction a paper on the subject by the late Professor Edgar L. Hewett, M. Morgan Estergreen’s Kit Carson is the long-awaited corrective to that picture. Born in the wilderness of Iredell County in Western North Carolina on December 24, 1809, Kit grew up on the frontier as it moved ever westward. In Missouri, he ran away from the saddlers to whom he had been apprenticed and joined a Santa Fe-bound caravan at Independence. Trader, interpreter, teamster, scout, trapper, guide, express rider, Indian agent, brevet brigadier general, Indian fighter―Kit Carson was all of these things and more. He was a faithful and devoted husband to Josefa, his second wife, a gentle and loving father to their seven children, and loyal and trusted friend to all who knew him. Modest and soft-spoken, he was a man of quite but fierce courage, a man who could be counted on when the chips were down. Based on the unpublished notes and other primary source materials of the late Blanche C. Grant, including interviews and letters from Kit’s family and friends, Kit Carson is the story of Kit’ life as he lived it, not as many wishful-thinking writers have imagined it to be. Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (June 15, 1980) Language: English Paperback: 352 pages ISBN-10: 0806116013 ISBN-13: 978-0806116013 Item Weight: 15.8 ounces Dimensions: 5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches NOTES ON SHIPPING: I will always combine shipping for multiple purchases and refund you the excess shipping costs. This refund is usually about $3.00 for each extra book purchased. Combined shipping invoice prices will be rounded down to the nearest dollar amount. I will never try to make money on shipping costs. Books will be shipped in either a solid cardboard box (made from re-purposed grocery store boxes) or well wrapped inside a bubble-wrap envelope. Larger soft cover books or magazines will be placed inside a plastic protector, and shipped with cardboard backing inside a reinforced mailing envelope. My packing methods will always protect the item from harm incurred during shipping. If you have any special requirements or concerns I will be happy to hear from you and ship according to your preferences so long as costs remain within the shipping price. Images sell! Get Supersized Images & Free Image HostingCreate your brand with Auctiva's Customizable Templates. THE simple solution for eBay sellers. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter

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