In this lesson, students learn about the life of Kit Carson, a famous frontiersman from the 1800s. They then sift through a series of statements about Kit Carson to untangle fact and myth. While ...
MR. VESTAL’S book will be the final step in securing for Kit Carson permanent claim to the renown he has always had as the ‘Hero of the Prairies,’ the most romantic and heroic figure of the Old West.
Christopher “Kit” Carson has become a legend of the Old West, but most books focus on his exploits as a frontiersman, mountain man and trapper. “One event in his life, however, has received ...