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American Experience | Kit Carson Preview | PBS

Duration: 00:31
Program: Kit Carson: American Experience #2005
Broadcast Date: Feb. 18, 2008

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His exploits on the American frontier inspired dozens of dime novels. But the stories told in these wildly popular books belie the complexities of the real Kit Carson, whose life embodies the contradictions in the story of the American West.

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