You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider! : a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do
Titre:
You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider! : a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do
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Sommaire:
Describes the disadvantages to being a Pony Express rider, including riding in all weather, natural disasters, and disease.
Date de publication comme intervalle:
2012
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Description matérielle:
32 pages : some color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note générale:
Includes index.
Table des matières:
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.
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Vedette secondaire auteur:
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9780531208724
9780531209479
9781451737172
Informations de publication:
New York : Franklin Watts, 2012.
