Kit Carson: Trailblazer and Scout

by Shannon Garst, Henry Daugherty (Illustrator)

A biography of the frontiersman who was a teamster, trapper, hunter, guide for the explorer Frémont, and soldier in the Army during the war with Mexico.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Doris Garst was born July 24, 1894, in Ironwood, Michigan. She became a teacher and school principal, but quickly turned to writing full-time after her first book, "The Story of Wyoming," was published in 1938. She published under the name Shannon Garst (Shannon was her step-father's surname) because the publisher of her first book didn't believe anyone would read a Western-themed book written by a woman. She lived with her family, including her husband, attorney Joseph Garst, in Douglas, Wyoming. She co-authored three books with her son, Warren Garst. The children's reading room at the Converse County, Wyoming, library is named for her.
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