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Kit Carson The Happy Warrior of the Old West reviewed
A review of Stanley Vestal's Kit Carson The Happy Warrior of the Old West argues for a balanced portrait unmasking earlier legends. Vestal, using sources like Bent, Grinnell, and Carson's memoirs, portrays Carson as a capable frontier figure alert to the era's realities rather than a flawless hero.
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Kit Carsono
Doughton Miflin Company
Stanley Vestal
Walter Stanley Campbell
University of Oklahoma
Kit Carson
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America
George Bent
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William Tent
Owl
Edwin L. Sabin
H. BL. Chitteneden
L. Thwaites
Blanche C. Grant
Carson
Daniel Boone
Davy Crockett
Sam Wouston
Elt Carson
Mr. Vestal
Eli
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Fellowe
Roblin Hood
Atere
Odda
Achilles
Horace Greeley
Oregon Trail
Billy the Eld
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Bent St. Yrain Sod Company
Fremont
New Mexican
Santa Fe Trail
Father Kit
West
Rockies
Vestal
Josepha
Fort Lyon
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Kit Carnon
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