Project Gutenberg 2013-01-18 Public domain in the USA. 239 Burdett, Charles 1815 1862 21020800 Life of Kit Carson, the Great Western Hunter and Guide Produced by Greg Bergquist, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Life of Kit Carson, the Great Western Hunter and Guide" by Charles Burdett is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The narrative chronicles the life and adventures of Christopher Carson, known as Kit Carson, highlighting his legendary status as a frontiersman, hunter, guide, and Indian fighter in the American West. The book promises to deliver thrilling tales of Carson’s exploits among various cultures and landscapes, as he navigates the wild territories from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast. At the start of the text, the author sets the stage for Kit Carson's extraordinary life, detailing his background, early influences, and the circumstances that shaped his character. From his modest beginnings in Missouri, Carson's transition from a saddler's apprentice to a daring hunter and trapper is vividly illustrated. The opening remarks emphasize Carson's modesty and bravery, as they prepare the reader for a series of captivating adventures filled with challenges and encounters with Native American tribes, detailing his experiences and the skills he honed in the rugged wilderness of the western frontiers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41864/41864-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 55.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) Carson Kit, 1809-1868 F590.3 Text Category: Biographies Category: Adventure Category: History - American 510930 2025-07-17T04:55:03.508857 text/html 496236 2024-10-23T13:37:21 text/html 710998 2025-07-17T04:55:09.525837 application/epub+zip 714764 2025-07-17T04:55:04.604934 application/epub+zip 266741 2025-07-17T04:55:04.051877 application/epub+zip 867685 2025-07-17T04:55:13.621815 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 809401 2025-07-17T04:55:08.850874 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362733 2022-09-19T07:11:49.589025 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464971 2025-07-17T04:55:02.972916 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 444965 2024-10-23T13:37:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17427 2025-07-17T04:55:13.756830 application/rdf+xml 22874 2025-07-17T04:55:04.151933 image/jpeg 2981 2025-07-17T04:55:04.102886 image/jpeg 658815 2025-07-17T04:55:03.566857 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog