Small in Stature
Large in Lore
Christopher “Kit” Carson
by Antoinette Wharton
If you’ve watched the Oscar-winning movie
“The Revenant”, understanding the American
world in the 19th century is more comprehensible
instead of simply reading about it in a history
book. The vicious life cycles accompanied by the
frigid weather conditions fur trappers experienced
in the Rocky Mountains is a scene graphically
painted by the movie. While this story is based
on a true story of another historical man’s life, it
borders on similar life events of Christopher “Kit”
Carson.
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