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Orphans preferred : the twisted truth and lasting legend of the Pony Express / Christopher Corbett.
Record details
- ISBN: 0767906926
- ISBN: 9780767906920
- Physical Description: 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Broadway Books, 2003.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-263). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | How the story goes, or what do we know? -- In the days of the pony -- "Capital fellows" - Russell, Majors & Waddell -- "A wild, uninhabited expanse" -- "The greatest enterprise of modern times!!" -- Pyramid Lake -- "Orphans preferred" and "The worst imps of satan" -- Captain Sir Richard Burton -- The telegraph: "Our little friend the pony is to run no more" -- After the pony -- Mark Twain ..."To the territory ahead" -- Billy Cody's big adventure -- Buffalo Bill's wild west: "Wholly free from sham and insincerity" -- The colonel and his thrilling and truthful history -- Pony Bob Haslam: a true rider of the purple sage -- "Memory at the best is treacherous": the story of the story of the pony express and how it grew -- The borderland of fable -- Broncho Charlie Miller, "the last of the pony express riders" -- The girl who remembered Johnny Frey. |
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| Subject: | Pony express. Pony Express. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Community College Library | HE 6375 .P65 C67 2003 | 30534567 | General Collection | Available | - |
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| 260 | . | ‡aNew York : ‡bBroadway Books, ‡c2003. | |
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