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With Carson and Fremont

This is another book in the Trail Blazer Series. Being the adventures, in the years 1842–’43–’44, on trail over mountains and through deserts from the east of the Rockies to the west of the Sierras, of scout Christopher Carson and Lieutenant John Charles Fremont, leading their brave company including the boy Oliver.

Chrisopher “Kit” Carson was a mountain man who joined explorer John Fremont as scout and partner on several of his expeditions that helped open up the west and secure California. In this hostile territory their explorations were filled with adventure and danger. Sabin writes in an entertaining story telling style for boys and all who love the excitement of the early west and look up to brave men as heroes.
- Summary by Larry Wilson (6 hr 54 min)

Chapters

Dedication, Preface & Chronological Table

11:38

Kit Carson to the Rescue

22:12

Under the Wagon

22:42

Oliver Wins His Spurs

16:29

Word from Old Fort Laramie

14:02

Fremont Says “Onward!”

23:10

Into the Wilder West

13:27

Over the Famed South Pass

19:43

Planting the Highest Flag

17:24

The Voyaging of the Platte

13:51

Fremont Calls Again

14:39

In Hostile Territory

10:36

The Emigrant Trail

15:48

To the Great Salty Lake

12:54

Sailing the Inland Sea

25:14

On to the Columbia

15:26

Southward for the Unknown

20:39

Scant Christmas Comfort

13:53

Forcing the Snowy Sierras

15:06

At the Last Gasp

19:42

Down Through California

15:19

The Vengeance of Kit Carson

23:27

Poor Tabeau Pays the Price

17:45

The Home Stretch

19:12