Kit Carson Author:Stanley Vestal 1928. The happy warrior of the Old West, a biography. The motive behind this book is to understand and love the thing that Christopher "Kit" Carson represents, the frontier which made these States a Nation. Kit Carson was a symbol of the American frontier and was portrayed as an unaccountable hero. Vestal retells the adventures of this man and c... more »arries the reader swiftly and completely into the reimagined world of the past.« less