Avoid Being a Pony Express Rider!

Avoid Being a Pony Express Rider!
Author: Tom Ratliff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2012
Genre: Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN: 9781908177957

'The Danger Zone' titles transport readers to the grisliest times and places in history. It's 1860 and a new mail company is looking for riders. You are the son of a pioneer family, living in Kansas Territory. You read an ad for a direct mail delivery service. How do you survive the 1,966 miles of the pony express?

Life as a Pony Express Rider in the Wild West

Life as a Pony Express Rider in the Wild West
Author: Matt Bougie
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1502630494

Today, many people take the delivery of mail for granted. However, in the Wild West, each time a man carried mail across vast deserts and mountains, he went on an adventure. Readers learn what it was like to be a mail carrier for the Pony Express during one of America's most expansive times, including challenges faced, battles won, and daily existence for those who dared travel that far.

You Wouldn't Want to be a Pony Express Rider!

You Wouldn't Want to be a Pony Express Rider!
Author: Thomas M. Ratliff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Pony express
ISBN: 9780531208724

It's 1860, and a new mail service from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, is starting up. Riders will have to cope with long hours in the saddle, floods, snow, outlaws, and even a brief war with Native Americans. Have you got what it takes? Does being a Ninja Warrior or a Pony Express Rider sound fun and exciting to you? Get ready to discover the not-so-pretty truth! In this lively series, YOU are the main character in some of history's goriest, darkest, and most horrific moments. Hilarious illustrations, captions, and sidebars leave no doubt that you simply wouldn't want to be there.

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pony Express Rider!

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pony Express Rider!
Author: Thomas M. Ratliff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2012
Genre: Pony express
ISBN: 9781451737172

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

Daring Pony Express Riders

Daring Pony Express Riders
Author: Jeff Savage
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780766040236

"Examines the Pony Express, including the origins of the mail carrier service, the trails and stations, the Pony Express riders, amazing stories from the riders, and the legacy of the Pony Express"--Provided by publisher.

Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express

Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express
Author: Marlene Targ Brill
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2004-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1575057735

Bronco Charlie longs for a life of adventure. By the time he turned eleven, he’d been a sailor, a cowboy, and could tame wild bucking broncos. But Charlie was always itching for new challenges, and when a Pony Express horse shows up riderless, Charlie gets his big chance. The next station is fifty miles away, and Charlie will have to ride through rocky mountains in the blinding rain to safely deliver the mail. With the threat of hostile Indians, wild animals, and the dangers of riding at night, will Charlie find the courage to face his fears and prove that you’re never too young to be brave?

The Pony Express Goes Through

The Pony Express Goes Through
Author: Howard Roscoe Driggs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 246
Release: 1935
Genre: Express service
ISBN:

Authentic stories of the riders and station agents of the Pony Express.