Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier by Ralph Moody flower pressing Fun is part of life

Fun is part of life

If you plan on finding yourself hiking in a National Park sometime soon

Pub Date: August 06

Maps & Illustrations: Jeremy Ashcroft is an illustrator who specializes in mountains and wild places

Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier by Ralph Moody flower pressing Fun is part of lifeRalph Moody's biography of Kit Carson, appropriate for readers young and old, is a testament to the judgment and loyalty of the man who had perhaps more influence than any other on the history and development of the American West. In 1826 an undersized sixteen year old apprentice ran away from a saddle maker in Franklin, Missouri, to join one of the first wagon trains crossing the prairie on the Santa Fe Trail. Kit Carson (1809 68) wanted to be a