Marion Estergreen (2 results)

paperback. Condition: Good. Kit Carson Memorial Foundation, Taos, New Mexico, 1955. Soft cover, 35 pp. Signed by Marion Estergreen on title page. In good+ condition. Green pictorial paper covers have fading along edges and spine and light overall scuffing, spotting and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked, with a few hand-written corrections made in ink by author. NOT Ex-library. Black and white illustrations. One of the early scholarly attempts at an accurate biography of Kit Carson. Especially noted for its detailed information on Kit's life prior to 1942 and its attempts to dispense with much (but not all) of the "trite material which has been widely misued." Despite much evidence to the contrary, Estergreen believed that Carson was literate, while acknowledging that hated to write. [from Introduction] . . . I hope I have brought a new, fresh story of Kit's early life, as well as more information about his army ranks, and his service as Indian agent. Includes bibliography. Signed by Author.

First edition. First edition. Pic. wrappers, 33pp., illus. Well-written and informative biography. Fine. Signed copy. Based on the unpublished notes and other primary source materials of the late Blanche C. Grant, including interviews and letters from Carson's family and friends. "Trader, interpreter, teamster, scout, trapper, guide, express rider, Indian agent, brevet brigadier general, Indian fighter . Kit Carson was all of these things and more. He was a faithful and devoted husband to Josefa, his second wife, a gentle and loving father to their seven children, and loyal and trusted friend to all who knew him. Modest and soft-spoken, he was a man of quite but fierce courage, a man who could be counted on when the chips were down.".