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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1964
Language
English
Description
Story of Kit Carson who was born in Kentucky in 1809 and spent his life following the westward-moving frontier, fighting duels, involving himself in wars, battles, feuds, and adventures with virtually every tribe of Indians in the West.
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Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Ghost Soldiers comes an eye-opening history of the American conquest of the West—"a story full of authority and color, truth and prophecy" (The New York Times Book Review).
In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest...
In the summer of 1846, the Army of the West marched through Santa Fe, en route to invade and occupy the Western territories claimed by Mexico. Fueled by the new ideology of “Manifest...
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Language
English
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Description
If you have ever wondered what is was like to be an explorer in the unspoiled American West of the early 1800s, then this is the audiobook for you. Not only a groundbreaking work of American history by critically acclaimed author Robert M. Utley, A Life Wild and Perilous is also a dramatic story of innovation and survival. Here is your chance to live in the very heart of the American wilderness with legendary trappers and mountain men like Jim Bridger,...
5) Kit Carson
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Series
Language
English
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"Kit Carson was a famous mountain man and wilderness guide in the Wild West. Find out how his work as a guide on John C. Frémont's expeditions west and across Death Valley made him a popular figure in his time. Question prompts included to assist reader comprehension."--
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the Revolution through the California Gold Rush, it tells the visceral, immersive narrative of the American frontier through the eyes of the most iconic figures who explored and fought to claim the country's vast wilderness. A prequel to the first award-winning miniseries, this four-part docuseries features dramatized portrayals of Daniel Boone, Tecumseh, Lewis & Clark, Davy Crockett, Andrew Jackson, John Fremont, Kit Carson.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Chronicles the history of the nineteenth-century Southwest, focusing on the destruction of the Navajo nation from the 1820s to the 1860s, and looking at the role of trapper, soldier, and scout Kit Carson in the removal and deaths of the Native Americans.
Author
Series
Oklahoma western biographies volume 27
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Feeling abandoned by her deceased Arapaho mother and her explorer father, Adaline Falling Star runs away from the prejudiced cousins with whom she is staying and comes close to death in the wilderness, with only a mongrel dog for company.
15) Kit Carson
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
"This film draws upon rich archival materials, original recreations, and interviews with authors and historians to bring the legendary trapper, scout, and soldier to vivid life, and provide a lens on a pivotal but little-understood era in American history"--Container.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
A collection of television westerns featuring episodes from The Lone Ranger and including episodes from The Roy Rogers show, The Cisco Kid, The Gabby Hayes show, The adventures of Kit Carson, Annie Oakley, Judge Roy Bean, and Cowboy G-Men.
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