I love this book. First stumbled upon it on Gutenberg. Have read it twice and I just downloaded it for my new Kindle. The true story of an orphan with a rough childhood who is informally adopted by Kit Carson. Amazing adventures and escapades. Drannon barely escapes with his life on numerous occasions while serving as a trapper, hunter, indian scout and fighter, wagon train scout and so on. Considering that he never had a formal education, the writing is good and will have you on the edge of your seat often.