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The last ride of the Pony Express my 2,000-mile horseback journey into the Old West

Inspired by the likes of Mark Twain, Sir Richard Burton, and Horace Greeley, a cowboy and journalist takes an epic and authentic horseback journey across the American West as he rides the Pony Express trail from Missouri to California.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Grant, Will (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2023]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	West (U.S.) > Description and travel. Grant, Will > Travel > West (U. S.) Pony Express National Historic Trail. Pony express > History. Travel writing.
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Summary:	Inspired by the likes of Mark Twain, Sir Richard Burton, and Horace Greeley, a cowboy and journalist takes an epic and authentic horseback journey across the American West as he rides the Pony Express trail from Missouri to California.
Physical Description:	ix, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-303) and index.
ISBN:	9780316422314 0316422312
Author Notes:	Will Grant was born and raised outside Denver, Colorado. After college, he worked as a cowboy and a horse trainer in Colorado, Wyoming, and Texas, where he apprenticed under the legendary horseman Jack Brainard. In 2008, he pivoted to a career in journalism. His writing has appeared in Outside magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek , as well as regional publications throughout the West. His efforts to combine horses and storytelling have included a 600-mile horse race across Mongolia, an expedition to find gold in Arizona, and two trips to Kyrgyzstan to play the most dangerous horseback game on the planet, kok boru. The Last Ride of the Pony Express is his first book, and he currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.