Kit Carson and the Indians

THOMAS W. DUNLAY

ISBN 10: 0803217153 / ISBN 13: 9780803217157

Published by Univ of Nebraska Pr October 2000, 2000

About this Item

Clean text and tight binding. Ex-Library with normal markings and stickers. DJ in mylar. Last page of index and the blank end pages are torn out, last reference is Utes. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kit Carson and the Indians
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr October 2000
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803217153
• ISBN 13: 9780803217157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good - Cash
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Often portrayed by past historians as the greatest guide and Indian fighter in the West, Kit Carson (1809–68) has become in recent years a historical pariah—a brutal murderer who betrayed the Navajos, an unwitting dupe of American expansion, and a racist. Many historians now question both his reputation and his place in the pantheon of American heroes. In Kit Carson and the Indians, Tom Dunlay urges us to reconsider Carson yet again. To Dunlay, Carson was simply a man of the nineteenth century whose racial views and actions were much like those of his contemporaries.

About the Author

Tom Dunlay (1944–2003) was a freelance writer and historian. He is the author of Wolves for the Blue Soldiers: Indian Scouts and Auxiliaries with the United States Army, 1860–90 (Nebraska 1982).