Kit Carson | Kit Carson

At a glance:

Author: Doris Shannon Garst
First Published: 1942
Time of Work: 1809–1868
Setting: Missouri, New Mexico, California, and Washington, D.C.
Principal Characters: Kit Carson, Charles Bent, Jim Bridger, Waa-nibe, John C. Fremont, Maria Josepha Jaramillo, General Stephen Kearny
Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
Subjects: Nineteenth century, Leadership, Native Americans or American Indians, Southwest, Soldiers, Biography, Frontier or pioneer life, Exploration or explorers, Trapping
Locales: California, Washington, D.C., New Mexico, Missouri

Form and Content

In Kit Carson: Trail Blazer and Scout, Doris Shannon Garst sketches Carson’s struggle to compensate for his small stature, which resulted in his rise to national fame. Although they are not made explicit, several major divisions provide structure to Garst’s twenty-five-chapter narrative, which is often based upon accounts told by Carson himself or upon reports by the explorer John C. Fremont.

In discussing Carson’s childhood in Missouri, Garst speculates that Carson intuitively realized that he would fulfill an important destiny....

Kit Carson | Kit Carson

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Form and Content

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