The Mail Must Go Through: The Story of the Pony Express

The Mail Must Go Through: The Story of the Pony Express
ISBN-10
193179863X
ISBN-13
9781931798631
Category
Pony express
Pages
176
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Morgan Reynolds Pub
Author
Margaret Rau

Description

Presents the history and development of the mail service that delivered mail almost two thousand miles across the United States in less than ten days on horseback during the nineteenth century.

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