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West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express / Jim DeFelice.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 357 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062496768
  • 006249676X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 383.143 23
LOC classification:
  • E
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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Book Chanute Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Chanute Public Library Adult Books 383.143 DEF (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34316002564466
Book Coffeyville Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Coffeyville Public Library Adult Books 383.143 DEFELICE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38670101521215
Book Fort Scott Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Fort Scott Public Library Adult Books 383.143 DeFe (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35326000440386
Book Garnett Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Garnett Public Library Adult Books 383.14 DeFE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35303000255056
Book Iola Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Iola Public Library Adult Books 383.143 DeFelice, Jim (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Purchased with funds from the Frank and Helen Thompson Memorial. 34311002726561
Book Oswego Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Oswego Public Library Adult Books 383.143/NF/DeFelice (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35301000117672

Maps on endpapers.

Includes bibliographical references and index (pages [305]-341).

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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