"Dear old Kit" (Record no. 5000)
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
|---|---|
| Classification number | 978.020924 Car |
| Item number | 48 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 978.020924 Car |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Carter, Harvey Lewis |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | "Dear old Kit" |
| Remainder of title | The Historical Christopher Carson |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Harvey Lewis Carter |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1968 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Norman, OK |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 250 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "The Kit Carson memoirs, 1809-1856" (p. 38-149) were first published in 1926 under title Kit Carson's own story of his life. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The Carson of history and legend -- I. The Kit Carson memoirs, 1809-1856 -- II. The closing years, 1857-1868 -- III. A chronology of Kit Carson's life -- IV. Carson the man : a new appraisal -- An early account of Kit Carson of the West -- Appendix A : Appendix B : Appendix C : Commentary on the illustrations. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The figure of Kit Carson strides through the literature of the American West in heroic size. Trader, trapper, scout, brigadier general of New Mexico Volunteers, and many other things besides, he has appealed to the public imagination as no other frontiersman has. Many biographies and two versions of his "autobiography" have been published. Yet much of the legend still remains to be separated from the facts, declares the author of this new biography. "I am an admirer of Carson," says Mr. Carter, "and I have no wish deliberately to debunk him, but I am interested in correcting the statements of uncritical hero worship made by many writers." Kit is allowed to speak for himself, as far as possible, through an exact transcription of his dictated reminiscences made from the manuscript in the Newberry Library, Chicago. Persons and places are clearly identified, and Kit's slips of memory are corrected in definitive annotation of his account. One hundred years of speculation about the identity of the man who transcribed Carson's story is ended. Mr. Carter has established positive identification, based on carefully assembled facts. A new assessment of Kit's character and reputation is included, as well as an annotated account of the last years of his life. This fresh look at America's greatest western hero will interest professional historians as well as all readers who head straight for the "western" shelf in bookstores -- Book jacket. |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Carson, Kit |
| Dates associated with a name | 1809-1868. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Source of heading or term | Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | sw 900 - 999 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date checked out | Public note |
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| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | 15.00 | 3 | 978.020924 Car | 35085 | 2012-04-23 | 2012-04-11 | Memorial |