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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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Main Author: DeFelice, Jim, 1956- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018.
Subjects:
Pony express > History.
Postal service > United States > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > United States.
West (U.S.) > History.
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.
Item Description: Maps on end caps.
Includes bibliographic references, notes and index (pages 271-357).
Physical Description: viii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9780062496768
006249676X
Author Notes: Jim DeFelice has written over a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction for young people. His works include: Havana Strike, published in 1997, and Brother's Keeper published in 2000. He is the co-author of Dreamland with Dale Brown. He also co-authored best sellers American Sniper and American Gun with Chris Kyle. In 2014, his nonfiction ebook made the New York Times bestseller list; it was entitled Code Name: Johnny Walker.

DeFelice co-authored 2015 New York Times and Publisher's Weelky bestseller American Wife with Chris Kyle's widow, Taya Kyle.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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