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Grade 6-9-- This brief book summarizes the short-lived history of the Pony Express, galloping along with chapters dealing with the route, the riders, and even the horses. An effort has been made to balance the more exciting and adventurous stories with information on the men behind the enterprise and the reasons the service was started. However, the business aspect is a little confusing, and the book has a few redundancies. On the whole, though, this is a straightforward account for a slightly older audience than Conrad Stein's The Story of the Pony Express (Childrens, 1981) or Joseph DiCerto's The Pony Express (Watts, 1989). The index is merely adequate, and the suggestions for further reading include many old titles that would be difficult for most students to find. --Todd Morning, Schaumburg Township Public Library, IL
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Recounts the legend of the Pony Express, from its first trip from Missouri to Sacramento in April of 1860 until eighteen months later, when financial difficulties, the telegraph line, and the Civil War caused it to collapse.
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- Westward Movement: Expanding America's Boundaries, 1800-1900 by Carol Hauswald in Back Matter
- Connecting Children with Children, Past and Present: Motivating Students for Inquiry and Action by Eula T. Fresch in Back Matter
- Cooking Up U.S. History: Recipes and Research to Share with Children by Suzanne I. Barchers on page 64
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