You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider! : a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do
Titre
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You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider! : a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do
Thomas M. Ratliff
Sommaire
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Describes the disadvantages to being a Pony Express rider, including riding in all weather, natural disasters, and disease.
Date de publication comme intervalle
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2012
You wouldn't want to--
Description matérielle
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32 pages : some color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note générale
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Includes index.
Table des matières
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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.
Terme de vedette-matière
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Pony express -- History.
Postal service -- United States -- History.
Terme géographique
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West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890.
Vedette secondaire auteur
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Bergin, Mark, 1961-
Résumé
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Describes the disadvantages to being a Pony Express rider, including riding in all weather, natural disasters, and disease.
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9780531208724
9780531209479
9781451737172
Informations de publication
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New York : Franklin Watts, 2012.
| Bibliothèque | Numéro de rayon | Type de document | Code à barres du document | Statut |
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| Johnny Bright | 383 RAT | Book | 31455000207919 | Non-Fiction |