With Carson and Fremont
Edwin L. Sabin
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
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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 |