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West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express / Jim DeFelice.
In the spring of 1860, on the eve of a civil war that threatened to tear the country apart, two Americans conceived of an audacious plan for linking the nation's two coasts, thereby joining its present with its future. This book traces the development of the Pony Express and follows it from its start in St. Joseph, Missouri, 1,500 miles west to Sacramento.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062496768
- ISBN: 006249676X
- Physical Description: viii, 357 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Maps on end papers. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographic references (pages [305]-341) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Go! -- Money, ambition, and other complications -- Bleeding Kansas, bleeding men -- Of colts and cranks -- Threat of dissolution -- Rough men -- Buffalo Bill -- Unbonded -- The great divide -- Saints -- Sand and silver -- Indian wars -- Storms -- A place called tomorrow -- Remains of the day. |
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| Subject: | Pony express > History. Postal service > United States > History. Frontier and pioneer life > United States. West (U.S.) > History. |
Available copies
- 12 of 13 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
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- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Butler PL - Butler | 978 DEF (Text) | 73174005030272 | Adult: Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Eckhart PL - Main | 383.14 DEF (Text) | 840191002513796 | Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level | Mending | - |
| Fayette Co PL - Connersville | 383.143973 DEF (Text) | 39230031881137 | Adult Books | Available | - |
| Fulton Co PL - Rochester Main Library | 973 DEF (Text) | 33187004392706 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Greenwood PL - Greenwood | NONFICTION HISTORY UNITED STATES WILD WEST DeFelice (Text) | 36626103942827 | 2nd Floor Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| LaGrange Co PL - Bookmobile | 383.143 DEF (Text) | 30477101167454 | Adult: Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Mitchell Comm. PL - Mitchell | 383.143 DEF (Text) | 36823001673253 | Non Fiction | Available | - |
| Mooresville PL - Mooresville | 383.18 DEF (Text) | 37323005396109 | NONFIC | Available | - |
| Morgan Co PL - Martinsville Main Library | 383.143 DEF (Text) | 78551000537671 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Plainfield-Guilford Twp PL - Plainfield | 383.143 DeFelice (Text) | 31208912582840 | non-fiction | Available | - |
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