138 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Milestones in American history

Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127) and index.

Early mail road West -- Founding fathers -- Creating the Pony Express -- A rough western road -- "The lonesomest kind of job" -- Pony riders of endurance -- A pony at trail's end.

Starting in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and traveling to Sacramento, California, the young men of the Pony Express became national heroes as they risked their lives by riding through blizzards, desert heat, and hostile American Indian territory to deliver the mail. Less than a year after its start, however, the Pony Express could not compete with the speed of the telegraph and service came to an end. In The Pony Express, author Tim McNeese explores the conception and creation of the Pony Express and the daring riders who helped transform a postal service into an American legend.

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008030747.html

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0823/2008030747.html

Pony express -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Postal service -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.

Pony express -- History.

Postal service -- United States -- History -- 19th century.

9781604130287 hardback

1604130288 hardback