West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express
Title:
West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express
Author:
DeFelice, Jim, 1956- author.
ISBN:
9780062496768
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Physical Description:
viii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
General Note:
Maps on end caps.
Includes bibliographic references, notes and index (pages 271-357).
Abstract:
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.
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