Project Gutenberg 2004-12-03 Public domain in the USA. 70 Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) 1805 1877 John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott Abbott, John Stevens Cabot Greatorex, Elizabeth Eleanor 1854 Greatorex, Eleanor Christopher Carson, Familiarly Known as Kit Carson Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Curtis Weyant, Diane Monico, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Christopher Carson, Familiarly Known as Kit Carson" by John S. C. Abbott is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work recounts the life and adventures of Christopher Carson, popularly known as Kit Carson, who played a significant role as a pioneer in the American West. This narrative particularly focuses on his formative years, survival skills, and experiences amid the challenges posed by nature and Indigenous tribes. The beginning of the book introduces Kit Carson's origins in Kentucky, detailing the perils of frontier life and the family's migration to the untamed West. Abbott vividly describes the harsh realities faced by settlers, including constant threats from Native Americans and the need for self-defense. Through engaging anecdotes, he depicts how young Kit developed expertise in marksmanship and survival in the wilderness while foreshadowing the wild adventures that lay ahead in Carson's life. The opening sets the stage for an exploration of his remarkable journey, highlighting both the dangers and the enchantment of his experiences as a frontiersman. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Carson Kit, 1809-1868 F590.3 Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American 493350 493199 2024-10-06T11:56:06.878151 2023-10-06T12:15:37.719171 text/html text/html 500579 2020-12-18T19:46:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 691184 2020-12-18T19:46:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 795243 2024-10-06T11:56:17.082088 application/epub+zip 804827 2024-10-06T11:56:11.006125 application/epub+zip 261721 2024-10-06T11:56:09.472141 application/epub+zip 1082993 2024-10-06T11:56:21.774098 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1048327 2024-10-06T11:56:16.040100 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485774 2022-09-07T15:16:11.766639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 463388 463295 2024-10-06T11:56:05.909158 2023-10-06T12:15:36.909158 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 462973 2020-12-18T19:46:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 171850 2020-12-18T19:46:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 462980 2020-12-18T19:46:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 171838 2020-12-18T19:46:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21647 2024-10-06T11:56:21.920199 application/rdf+xml 20592 2024-10-06T11:56:10.041155 image/jpeg 4417 2024-10-06T11:56:09.758132 image/jpeg 776676 2024-10-06T11:56:06.936193 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia