{"product_id":"2940013221246","title":"THE LIFE OF KIT CARSON","description":"CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKit Carson's Youth -- His Visit to New Mexico -- Acts as Interpreter\u003cbr\u003eand in Various Other Employments -- Joins a Party of Trappers and\u003cbr\u003eEngages in a Fight with Indians -- Visits the Sacramento Valley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kit Carson,\" the most famous hunter, scout and guide ever known in\u003cbr\u003ethis country, was a native of Kentucky, the scene of the principal\u003cbr\u003eexploits of Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, the Wetzel brothers and\u003cbr\u003eother heroic pioneers whose names are identified with the history\u003cbr\u003eof the settlement of the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Carson was born in Madison county, December 24, 1809,\u003cbr\u003eand, while he was still an infant, his father removed to Central\u003cbr\u003eMissouri, which at that day was known as Upper Louisiana. It was\u003cbr\u003ean immense wilderness, sparsely settled and abounding with wild\u003cbr\u003eanimals and treacherous Indians. The father of Carson, like most of\u003cbr\u003ethe early pioneers, divided his time between cultivating the land\u003cbr\u003eand hunting the game in the forests. His house was made strong\u003cbr\u003eand was pierced with loopholes, so as to serve him in his defence\u003cbr\u003eagainst the red men that were likely to attack him and his family\u003cbr\u003eat any hour of the day or night. In such a school was trained the\u003cbr\u003ewonderful scout, hunter and guide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo advantages in the way of a common school education were within\u003cbr\u003ereach of the youth situated as was Kit Carson. It is to be believed,\u003cbr\u003ehowever, that under the tutelage of his father and mother, he\u003cbr\u003epicked up a fair knowledge of the rudimentary branches, for his\u003cbr\u003eattainments in that respect were above the majority of those with\u003cbr\u003ewhom he was associated in after life.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162054607088,"sku":"2940013221246","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013221246_p0.jpg?v=1763578467","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013221246","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}