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Aug.02.2011
Kit Carson is described as a mountain man, an explorer, a scout, a soldier, a transcontinental courier and a general.
He is the hero of movies like 1933's Fighting with Kit Carson, and in the 1950s TV series The Adventures of Kit Carson, but California historian Kevin Starr calls him "...
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Nov.29.2007
I’ve known people who have had some success, and the next thing you know, you can’t reach them. It’s like they drop off the map, at least socially. I still live in North Oakland; I’m still invested in the community.
–Me, quoted in the San Francisco Examiner, November 19th, 1998
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About Ishmael
Author of twenty-eight published books to date, Ishmael Reed is a novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist. He is also a publisher, editor of thirteen anthologies and numerous magazines, television producer, public media commentator, teacher and...