Pony Express Riders Of The Wild West
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Author | : Matt Bougie |
Publisher | : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2017-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1502630478 |
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.
Author | : Jeff Savage |
Publisher | : Enslow Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1464604762 |
Pony Bob had traveled more than a hundred miles. Exhausted, he still kept moving. As a Pony Express rider, he had mail to deliver. Suddenly, he heard yelling. A group of Paiute warriors were chasing him. Bullets whizzed past him. One bullet struck his shoulder; another grazed his cheek, but Pony Bob never stopped until he reached his destination. Although the Pony Express Company didn't last long, their young riders left behind a legacy of bravery. Traveling on horseback, the Pony Express brought mail from Missouri to California.
Author | : Jeff Savage |
Publisher | : Enslow Publishers |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780894906022 |
Individual accounts of danger and excitement are retold in this fascinating book. The Pony Express was the brainstorm of William H. Russell and, although it only existed for eighteen months, the 10-day route was filled with such obstacles as blizzards and mountain ranges that it is still a legend today.
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?
Author | : Ralph Moody |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1958-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780803235984 |
Chronicles the eighteen-month operation of the Pony Express, explaining why and how it was created, describing the challenges faced by riders, and discussing.
Author | : Stephen Overholser |
Publisher | : Bantam Books |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780553251807 |
The reader travels back through time to the days of the Old West to become a rider for the Pony Express, in a multiple-plot historical adventure.
Author | : Jim DeFelice |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2018-05-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0062496794 |
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.
Author | : John Joseph Micklos, Jr. |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2017-12-11 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1543538266 |
Though the Pony Express existed for less than two years, its legend lives on today. Its mission was to deliver mail 2,000 miles across the American plains and deserts in half the time it would take by stagecoach. Riders faced many dangers, from hostile American Indians to wicked weather. Lively language and historical illustrations will help readers feel as if they are part of the journey. Meets Common Core criticial thinking standards, and provides strong ties to social studies standards on westward expansion.
Author | : Michael P. Spradlin |
Publisher | : Walker Childrens |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-03-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780802796530 |
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.
Author | : Jean Kinney Williams |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2002-07 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780756503017 |
A colorful chapter in the history of the Old West Getting the mail to California Two months to get it ready The Pony Express is off! Adventure on the job Pony Express bows to telegraph line.