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The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson

by DeWitt Peters

Kit Carson was a famous hunter, trapper, mountain man, guide - an American icon. Stories about him abounded in popular contemporary literature, but most was pure fiction. This work is the authorized biography, much of it in his own words. It was first published right around the time of his death.

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1858

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DeWitt Peters

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Peters was born in the Army Hospital at Fort McHenry in Baltimore to Emilia Peters and Dewit Peters, an army surgeon who served during the Civil War and later the Indian Wars. In 1859, Kit Carson had...

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