About this title: 'Notice is hereby given to all persons, that Christopher Carson, a boy about 16 years old, small of his age, but thick-set; light hair, ran away from the subscriber, living in Franklin, Howard County, Missouri, to whom he had been bound to learn the saddler's trade...One cent reward will be given to any person who will bring back the said boy.' This notice appeared in the "Missouri Intelligencer" of October 6, 1826, at about the same time that Kit Carson, in the humble role of 'cavvy boy' in Bent's Santa Fe caravan, embarked upon his notable career. Thirty years later, a postgraduate of the ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780803250314ISBN:0803250312
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Wear to edges of soft cover. Page taning from age. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780803250314ISBN:0803250312
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 11th printing, 1980's. Text clean & unmarked, remainder mark bottom edge. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Bison Book
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln
Date Published: 1935
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Covers Carson's life as a trapper, Indian fighter, guide, and buffalo hunter upto the fall of 1856. 32-pg. historical introduction by editor, M.M. Quaife. 192 pp. Indexed. Softcover has photograph of Kit Carson. Moderate wear to the cover but pages are still clean and tight. read more
Edition: 9th printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NB
ISBN-13:9780803250314ISBN:0803250312
Description: Fine. Trade paperback looks and feels unread. NO writing, highlighting, or dog-eared pages. Cover is pristine with NO spine creasing. Binding is tight and square. read more
Edition: First PB Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr, Lincoln, NE
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780803250314ISBN:0803250312
Description: About Fine in Wraps jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. First PB Edition (Bison Books), a reprint of No. 35 of Lakeside Classics, published 1935. Trade paperback is rubbed on wraps, else Fine; square, tight, interior clean and unmarked. xxxii, 192pp inc. Historical Introduction by Milo Milton Quaife, Index; illustrated in frontis photo and facsimile of Carson's handwritten Story of His Fight with the Shunar. read more
Edition: First edition, 14th printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NB
Date Published: 1967
ISBN-13:9780803250314ISBN:0803250312
Description: As new. Demy octavo (8vo) 8 x 5.25 inches bound in stiff pictorial wraps. Edited by Milo Milton Quaife. xxxii, 192 pp. with index. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780803250314ISBN:0803250312
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: Lakeside Press
Binding: Decorative Cloth
Publisher: R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Chicago, IL
Date Published: 1935
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall B000GS7TXC Shelfworn. Red cloth with gilt binding. Gilt to top edge. Minor foxing to inner boards and book block. Tightly bound and square. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: San Antonio Machine & Supply, San Antonio, TX
Description: Frontispiece. Good. No Jacket. 16mo-over 6" to 7" Tall. HB. Good/No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. 170 pp, red cloth boards, slight corner bumping, prev owner wrote on greetings page, small 1/4" hole worn on spine, light foxing to edges. Autobiography of Kit Carson who was born in Kentucky, moved to Missouri at age of 1 & lived there for 15 years joined party traveling to the Rocky Mountains. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Hardcover.
Publisher: San Antonio Machine and Supply Co., San Antonio
Date Published: 1940
Description: Book condition: Near Fine (NF). Book was issued without a jacket. 4 1/2 in. x 6 3/4 in. Book is: Privately Printed. A small hardback (4 1/2 in. x 6 3/4 in. ), red cloth binding, given to customer's of a San Antonio company at Christmas. This copy is signed by A. M. Krueger, 1940. Krueger was probably a manager of the company. 170 pages. Without dust jacket as issued. Book is in Near Fine condition. read more
"A curt brief description, as told to a friend, of Kit Carson's many trips mainly in the southwest as trapper, guide, courier, fighter of battles (mainly against Indians) in conjunction with the military including war with Mexico finally being assigned as an Indian Agent by the government. Although Carson's descriptions were very brief, there are some very good footnoted explanations or comments by the editor. One of the best is when the U.S. Senate would not confirm Carson's appointment as a lieutenant, "The stupid pettiness which so often figures in practical politics seldom finds a better illustration than in this act of vindictive meanness on the part of the majority of the U.S. Senate.....one to make the gods weep...The illiterate mountain man emerges from the encounter with far more dignity than does the Senate of the United States." I enjoyed this book although brief descriptions,the readers can'read-between-the-lines on much of the narrative to see how Carson's activities, especially against the Indians, fit into the historical picture of the time."
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