Soldier in Buckskin Author:Ray Hogan A fictionalized account of the life of Kit Carson covers his years as a mountainman and fur trapper, his marriage to an Arapaho woman and her tragic death, his romance with Josefa Jamarillo, and his introduction to the Spanish culture of New Mexico. — The Time of the Trappers. It was a time of legends. A time when brave souls dared to follow thei... more »r dreams into untamed lands, despite dangers and hardships few could imagine. Of these heroic pioneers, one man stood alone. Frontiersman, fur trapper, Army scout, and trusted friend of the Indian, perhaps no one embodied the adventure and history of the American wilderness more than Kit Carson.
Against the vast backdrop of the Spanish and Mexican Southwest and the Indian nations, this sweeping and historical saga paints a vivid portrait of Carson during the most exciting decades of his life -- his years as a trapper, when his search for pelts led him ever deeper into the pristine wilderness...and into history.« less