How Long to Read Kit Carson Days, 1809-1868

How Long Does it Take to Read Kit Carson Days, 1809-1868?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 52 minutes to read Kit Carson Days, 1809-1868 by Edwin Legrand Sabin

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Volume 1 of Kit Carson Days shows Carson running away from his Missouri home at age fifteen in 1826. He joins a caravan headed toward Santa Fe and in the coming years shuttles between poverty and prosperity as a wrangler, teamster, and trapper. He lives all over the unplotted West, helping to open trails, harvesting fur, befriending mountain men, and fighting and trading with Indians. Carson’s reputation grows after John C. Frémont engages him as guide in 1842. He proves indispensable to the Pathfinder in three expeditions and plays a part in the Bear Flag Rebellion. The first volume is an encyclopedia of activity in the West during the first part of the nineteenth century, bringing into play such figures as Ewing Young, William Ashley, Jim Bridger, Jedediah Smith, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Hugh Glass, John Colter, William Sublette, Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, William Bent, Stephen Kearny, President James K. Polk, John Sutter, and Nathaniel Wyeth. This revised edition includes vivid chapters on the mountain man, his character, habits, clothing, and equipment. Volume 2 begins with Carson carrying the news of the conquest of California across the country to Washington, D.C., stopping en route to see his wife in Taos, New Mexico. The older Carson consolidates his fame as a courier, scout, soldier, and Indian agent. Americans, avid for newfound gold, turn to him as an authority on trail lore, and the government recognizes his usefulness in dealing with “the Indian problem.” Carson is seen against the larger background of incessant warfare in the Southwest after midcentury. He fights the Kiowas at Adobe Walls, chases the Apaches, and forces the Navajos into the Bosque Redondo. He fights in the Civil War and retires at fifty-eight—but dies two years later in 1868.

How long is Kit Carson Days, 1809-1868?

Kit Carson Days, 1809-1868 by Edwin Legrand Sabin is 524 pages long, and a total of 133,096 words.

This makes it 177% the length of the average book. It also has 163% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Kit Carson Days, 1809-1868 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 7 minutes to read Kit Carson Days, 1809-1868 aloud.

What Reading Level is Kit Carson Days, 1809-1868?

Kit Carson Days, 1809-1868 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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