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De Witt C. (De Witt Clinton) Peters
d. 1876
Best remembered for helping bring Kit Carson’s story to print, this 19th-century army surgeon wrote with a firsthand feel for the American frontier. His work blends biography, adventure, and the era’s fascination with the West.
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The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself
by De Witt C. (De Witt Clinton) Peters
About the author
De Witt Clinton Peters was an American army surgeon and writer who died in 1876. Book records identify him as De Witt C. Peters (De Witt Clinton), 1829–1876, and he is most closely associated with books about frontier life and Kit Carson.
His best-known work is Kit Carson's Life and Adventures, a 19th-century account presented as being drawn from Carson’s own narration and expanded with material about the American West and Native nations. That connection to Carson helped make Peters part of the long publishing history that shaped how many readers first encountered frontier legends.
Reliable sources available here confirm his authorship and dates, but they provide only limited biographical detail beyond his career as an army surgeon and writer. I wasn’t able to confirm a suitable portrait image from the pages I checked, so no profile image is included.