Dear Old Kit: The Historical Christopher Carson by Harvey Lewis Carter
I am an admirer of Carson, says Mr. Carter, and have no wish deliberately to debunk him, but I am interested in correcting the statements of uncritical hero worship many by many writers.
Kit is allowed to speak for himself, as far as possible, through an exact transcription of his dictated reminiscences made from the manuscript in the Newberry Library, Chicago. Persons and places are clearly identified, and Kit's slips of memory are corrected in the definitive annotation of his account. One hundred years of speculation about the identity of the man who transcribed Carson's story is ended. Mr. Carter has established positive identification, based on carefully assembled facts. A new assessment of Kit's character and reputation is included, as well as an annotated account of the last years of his life.