West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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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. |
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| Item Description: | Maps on endpapers. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates (chiefly color) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780062496768 006249676X |