Blood and Thunder

Blood and Thunder
Author: Hampton Sides
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 626
Release: 2007-10-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307387674

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 Destiny,” this land grab would lead to a decades-long battle between the United States and the Navajos, the fiercely resistant rulers of a huge swath of mountainous desert wilderness. At the center of this sweeping tale is Kit Carson, the trapper, scout, and soldier whose adventures made him a legend. Sides shows us how this illiterate mountain man understood and respected the Western tribes better than any other American, yet willingly followed orders that would ultimately devastate the Navajo nation. Rich in detail and spanning more than three decades, this is an essential addition to our understanding of how the West was really won.

Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier

Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier
Author: Ralph Moody
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2021-12-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1496208242

In 1826 an undersized sixteen-year-old apprentice ran away from a saddle maker in Franklin, Missouri, to join one of the first wagon trains crossing the prairie on the Santa Fe Trail. Kit Carson (1809-68) wanted to be a mountain man, and he spent his next sixteen years learning the paths of the West, the ways of its Native inhabitants, and the habits of the beaver, becoming the most successful and respected fur trapper of his time. From 1842 to 1848 he guided John C. Frémont's mapping expeditions through the Rockies and was instrumental in the U.S. military conquest of California during the Mexican War. In 1853 he was appointed Indian agent at Taos, and later he helped negotiate treaties with the Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, Arapahos, Cheyennes, and Utes that finally brought peace to the southwestern frontier. Ralph Moody's biography of Kit Carson, appropriate for readers young and old, is a testament to the judgment and loyalty of the man who had perhaps more influence than any other on the history and development of the American West.

Christopher Carson

Christopher Carson
Author: John Stevens Cabot Abbott
Publisher:
Total Pages: 370
Release: 1873
Genre: Adventure and adventurers
ISBN:

Kit Carson's Autobiography

Kit Carson's Autobiography
Author: Kit Carson
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1966-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780803250314

The legendary nineteenth-century figure relates his experiences as a scout, soldier, trapper, Indian fighter, explorer, and government agent.

Kit Carson, the Happy Warrior of the Old West

Kit Carson, the Happy Warrior of the Old West
Author: Stanley Vestal
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1928
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

A biography of famed Old West frontiersman Christopher (Kit) Carson. At various times Carson worked as a mountain man (fur trapper), wilderness guide, Indian agent, and American Army officer.

Life of Kit Carson, the Great Western Hunter and Guide

Life of Kit Carson, the Great Western Hunter and Guide
Author: Charles Burdett
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2022-05-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Christopher Houston Carson, better known as Kit Carson, was an American frontiersman, hunter, fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. He became a legend of the frontier in his own life as the main character of numerous biographies, news articles, and dime novels. This book presents the most important events of his life, interesting facts, and stories.

The Life of Kit Carson

The Life of Kit Carson
Author: Alan E. Grey
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2022-01-12
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 149620378X

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.

The Life of Kit Carson

The Life of Kit Carson
Author: Edward S. Ellis
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2022-09-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

As one can surmise from the title, the following book is a biography of a man named Kit Carson. He was an American frontiersman, a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. He became a frontier legend in his own lifetime by biographies and news articles, and exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of dime novels. His understated nature belied confirmed reports of his fearlessness, combat skills, tenacity, and profound effect on the westward expansion of the United States.