With Carson and Fremont


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(5 stars; 3 reviews)

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 Read by Larry Wilson
Kit Carson to the Rescue 22:12 Read by Gloria Loughry
Under the Wagon 22:42 Read by Gloria Loughry
Oliver Wins His Spurs 16:29 Read by Cbteddy
Word from Old Fort Laramie 14:02 Read by Cbteddy
Fremont Says “Onward!” 23:10 Read by Cbteddy
Into the Wilder West 13:27 Read by Donald Cummings
Over the Famed South Pass 19:43 Read by Cbteddy
Planting the Highest Flag 17:24 Read by Cbteddy
The Voyaging of the Platte 13:51 Read by Cbteddy
Fremont Calls Again 14:39 Read by Tracy Angela
In Hostile Territory 10:36 Read by tshoes76
The Emigrant Trail 15:48 Read by tshoes76
To the Great Salty Lake 12:54 Read by Douglas Wood
Sailing the Inland Sea 25:14 Read by Victor Seremet
On to the Columbia 15:26 Read by tshoes76
Southward for the Unknown 20:39 Read by Jay Randolph
Scant Christmas Comfort 13:53 Read by Macklin Kelly
Forcing the Snowy Sierras 15:06 Read by Macklin Kelly
At the Last Gasp 19:42 Read by Jay Randolph
Down Through California 15:19 Read by tshoes76
The Vengeance of Kit Carson 23:27 Read by tshoes76
Poor Tabeau Pays the Price 17:45 Read by Jay Randolph
The Home Stretch 19:12 Read by Douglas Wood