You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider! : a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do
Title
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You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider! : a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do
Personal Author EPSB
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Thomas M. Ratliff
Summary
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Describes the disadvantages to being a Pony Express rider, including riding in all weather, natural disasters, and disease.
Year Published
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2012
Series
:
You wouldn't want to--
Physical Description
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32 pages : some color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note
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Includes index.
Contents
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What is the Pony Express? -- Signing up -- "Go west, young man!" -- The mail service -- Life on the trail -- The route west -- The Paiute War -- Tools for the job -- The dangers of the trail -- The telegraph -- the troubled election of 1860 -- The end of the Express.
Subject
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Pony express -- History.
Postal service -- United States -- History.
Geographic Term
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West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
Added Author
:
Bergin, Mark, 1961-
Summary
:
Describes the disadvantages to being a Pony Express rider, including riding in all weather, natural disasters, and disease.
ISBN
:
9780531208724
9780531209479
9781451737172
Publisher
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New York : Franklin Watts, 2012.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| Johnny Bright | 383 RAT | Book | 31455000207919 | Non-Fiction |