West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express
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West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express
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- West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express
- Title remainder
- the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express
- Statement of responsibility
- Jim DeFelice
- Subject
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- 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
- Cataloging source
- AZZPT
- Dewey number
- 383.143
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adult
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