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You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider! : a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do

text You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider! : a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do

Summary

Describes the disadvantages to being a Pony Express rider, including riding in all weather, natural disasters, and disease.

Contents

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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Description
32 pages : some colored illustrations ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Franklin Watts 2012

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Woodmere (Main Branch) J 383 RAT in Juvenile Nonfiction Reshelving

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