| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 321 pages :) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; Preface; Poem, "The Pony Rider"; Chapter One -- It Begins; Chapter Two -- Maps and Itinerary; Chapter Three -- History; Chapter Four -- Artists and Recorders; Chapter Five -The Mail Goes Through, a Pictoral Journey; Chapter Six -- The Riders, Folklore and Fact; Chapter Seven -- Stations; Chapter Eight -- Museums and Displays; Chapter Nine -- Additional Reading; Bibliography; The Author; Index. |
| Summary |
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton PressIt operated less than two years. It lost an enormous amount of money. But the Pony Express delivered the mail across a continent at a critical time and captured the imagination of people all over the world like few events in the history of the American West. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pony express -- History.
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Pony express. |
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History. |
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Pony Express National Historic Trail.
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West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hill, William E. Pony Express trail. Caldwell, Idaho : Caxton Press, 2010 9780870044762 0870044761 (DLC) 2009048073 (OCoLC)469916975 |
| ISBN |
9780870044953 (electronic book) |
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0870044958 (electronic book) |
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0870044761 (paperback) |
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9780870044762 (paperback) |
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9780870044762 (paperback) |
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