Kit Carson and the Indians

Tom Dunlay

ISBN 10: 0803266421 / ISBN 13: 9780803266421

Published by Bison Books May 2005, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kit Carson and the Indians
• Publisher: Bison Books May 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803266421
• ISBN 13: 9780803266421
• Binding: Paper Back
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography

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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).