Pony ExpressU of Nebraska Press, 1 janv. 1973 - 127 pages This authentic account of the establishment of the first rapid-communications system between East and West is packed with adventure and real-life heroes?Bob Haslam, who rode unharmed through an ambush of thirty Paiute Indians; Jack Keetley, Warren Upson, and the most famous rider of all, Buffalo Bill Cody. It is a rousing chronicle of the Old West, when danger and excitement marked each galloping trip across the two thousand miles of mountains, plains, and deserts that separated St. Joseph and San Francisco. |
Table des matières
California Here I Come | 7 |
By Ocean and Desert 17 | 17 |
Go West Young Man | 32 |
The Pony Express and Its Forerunners | 42 |
Theyre Off | 55 |
A Home Away from Home | 69 |
Indians on the Warpath | 73 |
The Mail Must Go Through | 89 |
California and the Civil War | 101 |
Dark Days for the Pony Express | 109 |
The Telegraph Replaces the Pony Express | 121 |
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