Soldier in buckskin

Description:

The life of Christopher "Kit" Carson, the 19th Century folk hero. The novel follows his exploits as a hunter and guide, his exploration of Oregon and California, and his service in the Mexican War and the Civil War from which he emerged a brigadier general. Also described is his marriage to an Indian princess, and after her death to an aristocratic Spanish beauty.

subjects: Fiction,  Pioneers,  Soldiers,  Scouting (Reconnaissance),  Scouts and scouting,  Large type books,  West (u.s.), fiction,  Fiction, westerns

People: Kit Carson (1809-1868)