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Author DeFelice, Jim, 1956- author.

Title West like lightning : the brief, legendary ride of the Pony Express / Jim DeFelice.

Publication Info. New York : William Morrow, 2018.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  383.143 DEFELICE    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  383.143 DEFELICE    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  383.143 DEFELICE    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  383 DEFELICE, JIM    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  383.143 DEF    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  383 DEFELICE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  973 DEFELICE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  383.143 DeFELICE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  383.143 DEF    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  381.143 DEF    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 357 pages, [16] unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note Maps on end caps.
Includes bibliographic references (pages [305]-341) and index.
Summary In the spring of 1860 on the eve of a civil war that threatened to tear the country apart, two Americans conceived of an audacious plan for linking the nation's two coasts, thereby joining its present with its future. This book traces the development of the Pony Express and follows it from its start in St. Joseph, Missouri 1,500 miles west to Sacramento.
Subject Pony express -- History.
Postal service -- United States -- History.
Frontier and pioneer life -- United States.
West (U.S.) -- History.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest.
ISBN 9780062496768 (hardcover)
006249676X (hardcover)
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