The Resource West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express, Jim DeFelice
West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express, Jim DeFelice
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The item West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express, Jim DeFelice represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- In the spring of 1860 on the eve of a civil war that threatened to tear the country apart, two Americans conceived of an audacious plan for linking the nation's two coasts, thereby joining its present with its future. This book traces the development of the Pony Express and follows it from its start in St. Joseph, Missouri 1,500 miles west to Sacramento
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Note
- Maps on end caps
- Isbn
- 9780062496768
- Label
- West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express
- Title
- West like lightning
- Title remainder
- the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express
- Statement of responsibility
- Jim DeFelice
- Subject
-
- trueCouriers
- trueFrontier and pioneer life -- United States
- HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | Midwest
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | West
- trueLetter carriers
- trueCommunication -- History
- trueThe West (United States)
- trueVoyages and travels
- West (U.S.) -- History
- truePony Express
- Pony express -- History
- Postal service -- United States -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the spring of 1860 on the eve of a civil war that threatened to tear the country apart, two Americans conceived of an audacious plan for linking the nation's two coasts, thereby joining its present with its future. This book traces the development of the Pony Express and follows it from its start in St. Joseph, Missouri 1,500 miles west to Sacramento
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10660313
- Cataloging source
- AZZPT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- DeFelice, Jim
- Dewey number
- 383.143
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pony express
- Postal service
- Frontier and pioneer life
- West (U.S.)
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express
- Label
- West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express, Jim DeFelice
- Note
- Maps on end caps
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 271-357)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1951687
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062496768
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780062496768
- (OCoLC)981549769
- Label
- West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express, Jim DeFelice
- Note
- Maps on end caps
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 271-357)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1951687
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062496768
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780062496768
- (OCoLC)981549769
Subject
- trueCouriers
- trueFrontier and pioneer life -- United States
- HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | Midwest
- HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local | West
- trueLetter carriers
- trueCommunication -- History
- trueThe West (United States)
- trueVoyages and travels
- West (U.S.) -- History
- truePony Express
- Pony express -- History
- Postal service -- United States -- History
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