Off Like the Wind!

Off Like the Wind!
Title Off Like the Wind! PDF eBook
Author Michael P. Spradlin
Publisher Walker Childrens
Pages 0
Release 2010-03-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780802796530

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In 1860, the first Pony Express rider set out on a trail from Missouri to California. With him, he carried a special delivery-the first mail ever carried by hand to the West. Over the next eleven days, he and many other riders would endure harsh weather, dangerous animals, and more, but nothing would diminish their unflagging determination and courage. Meticulously researched and gorgeously illustrated, Michael P. Spradlin and Layne Johnson's Off Like the Wind! brings to life an adventurous journey, full of suspense and excitement, that celebrates America's can-do attitude and pioneering spirit.

West Like Lightning

West Like Lightning
Title West Like Lightning PDF eBook
Author Jim DeFelice
Publisher HarperCollins
Pages 303
Release 2018-05-08
Genre History
ISBN 0062496794

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Western Writers of America Spur Awards Finalist, Best Western Historical Nonfiction "A GROUNDBREAKING WORK. ... The first comprehensive history of the legendary transcontinental experiment in mail delivery in sixty years." —True West "This rollicking account of the daring enterprise known as the Pony Express brings its era and its legendary characters to life." —San Francisco Chronicle The new definitive history of the Pony Express by the #1 bestselling coauthor of American Sniper, illustrated with 50 images On the eve of the Civil War, three American businessmen launched an audacious plan to create a financial empire by transforming communications across the hostile territory between the nation’s two coasts. In the process, they created one of the most enduring icons of the American West: the Pony Express. Daring young men with colorful names like “Bronco Charlie” and “Sawed-Off Jim” galloped at speed over a vast and unforgiving landscape, etching an irresistible tale that passed into myth almost instantly. Equally an improbable success and a business disaster, the Pony Express came and went in just eighteen months, but not before uniting and captivating a nation on the brink of being torn apart. Jim DeFelice’s brilliantly entertaining West Like Lightning is the first major history of the Pony Express to put its birth, life, and legacy into the full context of the American story. The Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company—or “Pony Express,” as it came to be known—was part of a plan by William Russell, Alexander Majors, and William Waddell to create the next American Express, a transportation and financial juggernaut that already dominated commerce back east. All that stood in their way were almost two thousand miles of uninhabited desert, ice-capped mountains, oceanic plains roamed by Indian tribes, whitewater-choked rivers, and harsh, unsettled wilderness. The Pony used a relay system of courageous horseback riders to ferry mail halfway across a continent in just ten days. The challenges the riders faced were enormous, yet the Pony Express succeeded, delivering thousands of letters at record speed. The service instantly became the most direct means of communication between the eastern United States and its far western territories, helping to firmly connect them to the Union. Populated with cast of characters including Abraham Lincoln (news of whose electoral victory the Express delivered to California), Wild Bill Hickock, Buffalo Bill Cody (who fed the legend of the Express in his Wild West Show), and Mark Twain (who celebrated the riders in Roughing It), West Like Lightning masterfully traces the development of the Pony Express and follows it from its start in St. Joseph, Missouri—the edge of the civilized world—west to Sacramento, the capital of California, then booming from the gold rush. Jim DeFelice, who traveled the Pony’s route in his research, plumbs the legends, myths, and surprising truth of the service, exploring its lasting relevance today as a symbol of American enterprise, audacity, and daring.

The Pony Express Trail

The Pony Express Trail
Title The Pony Express Trail PDF eBook
Author William E. Hill
Publisher U of Nebraska Press
Pages 350
Release 2010-03-01
Genre Travel
ISBN 0870044958

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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press It operated less than two years. It lost an enormous amount of money. But the Pony Express delivered the mail across a continent at a critical time and captured the imagination of people all over the world like few events in the history of the American West.

Riders of the Pony Express

Riders of the Pony Express
Title Riders of the Pony Express PDF eBook
Author Ralph Moody
Publisher U of Nebraska Press
Pages 194
Release 1958-01-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780803235984

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Chronicles the eighteen-month operation of the Pony Express, explaining why and how it was created, describing the challenges faced by riders, and discussing.

The Pony Express in Nevada

The Pony Express in Nevada
Title The Pony Express in Nevada PDF eBook
Author
Publisher
Pages 24
Release 1990
Genre Government publications
ISBN

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They're Off!

They're Off!
Title They're Off! PDF eBook
Author Cheryl Harness
Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages 0
Release 2002-07-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780689851216

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In 1860, with North and South about to be divided by war, East and West were united through an extraordinary venture -- the Pony Express. Over the course of ten days in April, eighty riders and five hundred horses delivered mail between California and Missouri -- a mission that took three weeks by stagecoach. Although it existed for only a year and a half, the Pony Express remains a legendary chapter in American history and a symbol of the bold, adventurous character of the Old West. The spirit of the brave riders and their ponies is captured perfectly in Cheryl Harness's lively, brightly illustrated, and information-filled account.

The Pony Express

The Pony Express
Title The Pony Express PDF eBook
Author Richard C. Frajola
Publisher
Pages 165
Release 2005
Genre Cancellations (Philately)
ISBN 9780911989038

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