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An authoritative history of the Pony Express discusses its myths, dangers, and most noted riders, describing the challenges that prompted its employers to advertise for adventure seekers without families. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.
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- EditoreCrown
- Data di pubblicazione2004
- ISBN 10 0767906934
- ISBN 13 9780767906937
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine288
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Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express by Corbett, Christopher [Paperback ]
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: NEW. Reprint. 270 pp. [21 cm]; illustrated wraps. A former news editor and reporter with the Associated Press, Christopher Corbett is a novelist and historian. He lives in Baltimore and teaches journalism at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Codice articolo 37006
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "WANTED. YOUNG, SKINNY, WIRY FELLOWS. NOT OVER 18. MUST BE EXPERT RIDERS. WILLING TO RISK DEATH DAILY. ORPHANS PREFERRED."-California newspaper help-wanted ad, 1860The Pony Express is one of the most celebrated and enduring chapters in the history of the United States, a story of the all-American traits of bravery, bravado, and entrepreneurial risk that are part of the very fabric of the Old West. No image of the American West in the mid-1800s is more familiar, more beloved, and more powerful than that of the lone rider galloping the mail across hostile Indian territory. No image is more revered. And none is less understood. Orphans Preferred is both a revisionist history of this magnificent and ill-fated adventure and an entertaining look at the often larger-than-life individuals who created and perpetuated the myth of "the Pony," as it is known along the Pony Express trail that runs from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California. The Pony Express is a story that exists in the annals of Americana where fact and fable collide, a story as heroic as the journey of Lewis and Clark, as complex and revealing as the legacy of Custer's Last Stand, and as muddled and freighted with yarns as Paul Revere's midnight ride. Orphans Preferred is a fresh and exuberant reexamination of this great American story. "Orphans Preferred" is both a revisionist history of the magnificent and ill-fated adventure of the Pony Express and an entertaining look at the often larger-than-life individuals who created and perpetuated the myth. Illustrations. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780767906937
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