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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DeFelice, Jim, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
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