pony express

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Pony Express

2007
Describes the Pony Express and the rough life of riders and horses, from bad weather and wild animals, to being attacked.

The Pony Express

2012
In graphic novel format, presents a brief history of the Pony Express as well as the story of one Pony Express rider's courageous ride during the Pyramid Lake War of 1860, during which the Paiute Indians brutally attacked Pony Express stations and riders.

The Pony Express

2009
Describes, in graphic novel format, the history and duties of the Pony Express.

Orphans preferred

the twisted truth and lasting legend of the Pony Express
2004
Presents the real story of the Pony Express, an American folklore icon, which was an unsuccessful and short-lived business venture but became an American legend.

Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express

1996
Sixteen-year-old Bill finds adventure when he becomes a rider for the Pony Express though his letters home never hint at the dangers he encounters.

The last rider

the final days of the Pony Express
2007
Pony Express rider Matt Edgars is concerned about a war with the Paiutes when a number of Express stations are set on fire.

The Pony Express

hands-on projects about early communication
2001
Briefly surveys the eighteen-month history of the Pony Express with related projects and activities such as sock puppets, magnets, and a diorama.

Stagecoaches and the Pony Express

2004
An account of the most widely-used delivery systems in the nineteenth-century United States, stagecoaches and the Pony Express, discussing their development and challenges faced during their growth.

Hoofbeats of danger

2009
In 1860, eleven-year-old Annie, who lives at the Red Buttes Pony Express station in the Nebraska Territory, asks Pony Express rider Billy Cody to help her find the person responsible for sabotaging her favorite pony Magpie.

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