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Pony express

A chronicle of the frontier heroes who braved 2,000 hazardous miles of wilderness to establish mail service between East and West.

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  • "A chronicle of the frontier heroes who braved 2,000 hazardous miles of wilderness to establish mail service between East and West."@en
  • "Describes the circumstances under which the Pony Express was founded, how it was organized, the rough territory and general hardships faced by the riders, and the technological innovation that ended it."
  • "This authentic account of the establishment of the first rapid-communications system between East and West is packed with adventure and real-life heroes-Bob Haslam, who rode unharmed through an ambush of thirty Paiute Indians; Jack Keetley, Warren Upson, and the most famous rider of all, Buffalo Bill Cody. It is a rousing chronicle of the Old West, when danger and excitement marked each galloping trip across the two thousand miles of mountains, plains, and deserts that separated St. Joseph and San Francisco."@en
  • "A rousing chronicle of the frontier heroes who braved 2,000 hazardous miles of wilderness to establish mail service between East and West."
  • "An account of the establishment of the first rapid communication system between the East and West."@en
  • "An account of the establishment of the first rapid-communicatons system to link California to the Missouri frontier. Includes profiles of famous riders."@en

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  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Pony express"@en
  • "Pony express. [With illustrations including facsimiles.]"@en
  • "Pony Express"
  • "Pony Express"@en

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