Bibliograph

The adventures of Kit Carson, adaptation by Kenneth W. Fitch ; illustrated by Rudolph Palais

Type

Label

The adventures of Kit Carson, adaptation by Kenneth W. Fitch ; illustrated by Rudolph Palais

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The adventures of Kit Carson

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Responsibility statement

adaptation by Kenneth W. Fitch ; illustrated by Rudolph Palais

Series statement

Classics illustrated, no.64

Summary

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 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. He lived among and married into the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes. He was hired by John C. Fremont as a guide, and led 'the Pathfinder' through much of California, Oregon and the Great Basin area

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification