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The Pony Express

A Primary Source History of the Race to Bring Mail to the American West

Rosen Publishing Group (Jan 30, 2005)
9781404201811
64 pages | 191 x 260 mm
Dewey 383/.143/0973
LC Classification HE6375.P65 .P396 2005
LC Control No. 2003022268

Subject

  • Juvenile Nonfiction

Plot

The time of the Pony Express was a brief but exciting period in United States history. As more and more people moved west in search of new opportunities, it became crucial to deliver the mail across the country. This exciting book tells of the need for the service, how the service was organized and staffed and of the difficult conditions the riders faced, and their celebrity. Once the building of the telegraph was completed, the Pony Expresslegendary to this daywas no longer needed.

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