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 twisted truth and lasting legend of the Pony Express
Corbett, Christopher
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.
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.
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.