Description

Kit Carson Memorial Foundation, Taos, New Mexico, 1955. Soft cover, 35 pp. Signed by Marion Estergreen on title page. In good+ condition. Green pictorial paper covers have fading along edges and spine and light overall scuffing, spotting and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked, with a few hand-written corrections made in ink by author. NOT Ex-library. Black and white illustrations. One of the early scholarly attempts at an accurate biography of Kit Carson. Especially noted for its detailed information on Kit's life prior to 1942 and its attempts to dispense with much (but not all) of the "trite material which has been widely misued." Despite much evidence to the contrary, Estergreen believed that Carson was literate, while acknowledging that hated to write. [from Introduction] . . . I hope I have brought a new, fresh story of Kit's early life, as well as more information about his army ranks, and his service as Indian agent. Includes bibliography.