A Newer World: Kit Carson John C Fremont and the Claiming of the American West

In A Newer World, David Roberts serves as a guide through John C. Frémont's and Kit Carson's adventures through unknown American territory to achieve manifest destiny.

Between 1842 and 1854 John C. Frémont, renowned as the nineteenth century's greatest explorer, and Kit Carson, the legendary scout and Indian fighter, boldly ventured into untamed territory to fulfill America's manifest destiny. Drawing on little-known primary sources, as well as his own travels through the lands Frémont and Carson explored, David Roberts recreates their expeditions, second in significance only to those of Lewis and Clark. A Newer World is a harrowing narrative of hardship and adventure and a poignant reminder of the cultural tragedy that westward expansion inflicted on the Native American.

Author: David Roberts
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 01/16/2001
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.50w x 0.82d
ISBN13: 9780684870212
ISBN10: 0684870215
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 19th Century
- History | Indigenous Peoples of the Americas