Soldier in buckskin

"The life of Christopher "Kit" Carson, the 19th Century folk hero. The novel follows his exploits as a hunter and guide, his exploration of Oregon and California, and his service in the Mexican War and the Civil War from which he emerged a brigadier general. Also described is his marriage to an Indian princess, and after her death to an aristocratic Spanish beauty."
"Frontiersman, fur trapper, Army Scout and trusted friend of the Indian, no one embodied the adventure and history of the American wilderness more than Kit Carson. This paints a vivid portrait of Carson during the most exciting decades of his life--his years as a trapper, when his search for pelts led him ever deeper into the wilderness and into history."
"It was a time of legends. A time when brave souls dared to follow their dreams into untamed lands, despite dangers and hardships few could imagine. Of these heroic pioneers, one man stood alone. Frontiersman, fur trapper, Army Scout and trusted friend of the Indian, perhaps no one embodied the adventure and history of the American wilderness more than Kit Carson. Against this vast backdrop of the Spanish and Mexican Southwest and the Indian nations, this sweeping historical saga paints a vivid portrait of Carson during the most exciting decades of his life - his years as a trapper, when his search for pelts led him even deeper into the pristine wilderness...and into history."