The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies and Indians, Being a Spirited Diary of the Most Difficult and Wonderful Explorations Ever Made, Opening , Through Yawning Chasms and Over Perilous Peaks, the Great Pathway to the Pacific
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Description
Author: None cited (Fremont, John C.)
Publisher: Hurst & Co., Publishers
Pub Date: none cited (1885-1887)
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair to Good. Rebound with new end papers. Binding tight. No marks, bends or folds. Some wear to spine head and foot. Small chips to title page edges. One scuff to front board. Edge and corner wear. Foxing to all text blocks. Without dust jacket, as issued. For being almost 140 years old, it looks great. I hope I have the same fate.
Notes: Everything about this title says “dime-novel”, except for the Victorian era binding (see photos). Kit Carson (1809-1868) and John C. Fremont (1813-1890) were perhaps the two most famous men in the United States prior to the Civil War, primarily due to their three expeditions exploring the Rocky Mountains, California and the Oregon Trail between 1842-1845. ” Along with the country, neither man would have been able to rise in their popularity in American history without each other. John C. Fremont at most would have been a soldier getting lost in the wilderness and leading a failed expedition. Kit Carson without Fremont would have been an above average trapper in the West with little to no mention in any history book. ” (http://projects.leadr.msu.edu/youngamerica/exhibits/show/kit-carson-pioneer-of-the-west/john-c–fremont-and-the-oregon ) The book is divided into two parts, the first a 70 page narrative biography of Carson, the second Fremont’s 400+ page diary written to Colonel J.J. Abert (Chief of the Corps of Topographical Engineers). The second part of the book is actually Fremont’s report of his 1843 expedition with Carson, exploring the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific coast. Let’s be generous and call it a publishing portmanteau, maybe knowing Carson was long gone and Fremont was on his last legs and if this was available at the time of his death, well, no harm, no foul.
