Christopher Carson : familiarly known as Kit Carson / by John S. C. Abbott ; With illustrations by Eleanor Greatorex.

Author
Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York : Dodd and Mead, 1874.
  • ©1873
Description
1 online resource (x, 348 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portraits.

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Contributor
Illustrator
Series
Notes
  • "American pioneers and patriots."--series title, transcribed from head of title page. "The pioneers and patriots of America."--upper cover, and publisher's advertisement, (pages 349).
  • "Each one volume, 12 mo., illustrated, $1.50."--p. [349].
  • "Lange, Little & Co., printers, 108 to 114 Wooster Street, N.Y."--verso of title page.
  • Added title plate varies: Kit Carson, the pioneer of the west.
  • Copyright 1873 by Dodd and Mead.
  • In gold cloth.
  • Includes recollections of mountain life and adventures in California by William E. Goodyear, on pages 287-321; and a letter from H.R. Tilton to the author, regarding the final days of Kit Carson, on pages 343-348.
  • Last page blank.
  • Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
  • American Antiquarian Society copy lacks pages 13-16 and 329-330. Upper cover sewn to spine.
  • Scanned copy inscribed: Pur A. F. Taylor Nov 14, 1931.
OCLC
227383064
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