author
De Witt C. (De Witt Clinton) Peters
d. 1876
Best remembered for preserving stories of the American frontier, this army surgeon turned firsthand accounts into lively books about Kit Carson and the West. His work helped shape how many later readers imagined frontier adventure.
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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 active in the mid-19th century. Library and archival records identify him as De Witt C. (De Witt Clinton) Peters, born in 1829 and deceased in 1876.
He is most closely associated with books about Kit Carson and frontier life, including The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson and Pioneer Life and Frontier Adventures. These works were presented as narratives drawn from Carson's own recollections, and they became part of the long popular tradition of Western adventure writing.
Although remembered as an author, Peters also had a medical career in the U.S. Army. That combination of military experience and interest in frontier biography gives his books their distinctive mix of reportage, legend, and 19th-century popular history.