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University of Nebraska Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Bison Books, 1995. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Nebraska Press, 1995. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Nebraska Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

University of Nebraska Press, 1995-09-01. Rev Sub. Paperback. Used:Good.

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Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Near Fine. 1995. Softcover. 0803292376 . A softcover revised edition of volume I of Edwin L. Sabin's biography of Kit Carson (1809-1868), the American adventurer, trapper and scout. The author details various aspects of Carson's life, starting at age fifteen when he ran away from home in Missouri to join a Santa Fe-bound caravan, to about 1853. With 20 full-page drawings by Howard Simon. The author completed the biography with his volume II. --- In wraps with detail from Maynard Dixon's color painting "Mountain Man, Oregon Trail" to front panel. --- A bright, tightly-bound, newish copy though with slight sunning to a strip of back panel near the spine.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xiv, (6), 488 pages .

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Lincoln: A Bison Book / University of Nebraska Press. Very Good+. 1995. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 0803292384 . A softcover edition of volume II only (of two) of Edwin L. Sabin's detailed account of the life of Christopher ("Kit") Carson (1809-1868). In this volume, Carson ". . .consolidates his fame as a courier, scout, soldier and Indian agent." With 7 full-page drawings by Howard Simon, including frontis portrait of Carson associate John Charles Frémont. Index at rear of volume covers both volumes I and II. Reprinted from the revised 1935 edition by Press of the Pioneers, Inc. --- In brown wraps with color Maynard Dixon painting to front cover. --- A well-preserved copy, tightly-bound and clean, though with moderately sunned spine.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (10), 489-996 pages .

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University of Nebraska Press, 1995-09-01. Revised. Paperback. Used:Good.

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Paperback / softback. New. Kit Carson runs away from his Missouri home at age fifteen in 1826. He joins a caravan headed toward Santa Fe and in the coming years shuttles between poverty and prosperity as a wrangler, and teamster. He lives all over the unplotted West, helping to open trails, harvesting fur, befriending mountain men, and fighting and trading with Indians.

Paperback / softback. New. Kit Carson carries the news of the conquest of California across the country to Washington, D C, stopping en route to see his wife in Taos, New Mexico. The older Carson consolidates his fame as a courier, scout, soldier, and Indian agent. Americans, avid for newfound gold, turn to him as an authority on trail lore.

Paperback / softback. New. Kit Carson carries the news of the conquest of California across the country to Washington, D C, stopping en route to see his wife in Taos, New Mexico. The older Carson consolidates his fame as a courier, scout, soldier, and Indian agent. Americans, avid for newfound gold, turn to him as an authority on trail lore.

New York: The Press of the Pioneers, Inc, 1935. Revised Edition with New Matter. Hardcover. Fair condition. Simon, Howard. x, 488 p. VOLUME I ONLY. Damp stains to cover and top edge, some damp staining up to approximately 1/2 inch of top margin, pages separate and text unaffected Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (December 24, 1809 - May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. The few paying jobs he had during his lifetime included mountain man (fur trapper), wilderness guide, Indian agent, and American Army officer. Carson became a frontier legend in his own lifetime via biographies and news articles. Exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of dime novels.In the 1840s, he was hired as a guide by John C. Fremont. Fremont's expedition covered much of California, Oregon, and the Great Basin area. Fremont mapped and wrote reports and commentaries on the Oregon Trail to assist and encourage westward-bound American pioneers. Carson achieved national fame through… Read More

BISON BOOKS, 1995-09-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!