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Moody, Ralph

Riders of the Pony Express

183 pp. | Nebraska | September, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-8032-3249-7 $25.00 | Paper ISBN 0-8032-8305-9 $12.95
Reissue (1958, Houghton)
(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Robert Riger & Leonard Derwinski. An overview focuses on the first days of the Pony Express, tracing the adventures of the individual riders who traveled between California and Missouri in April 1860. The story is fast paced and dramatic, though this reissue's dated illustrations and prose ("One of America's greatest strengths is her ability to produce men capable of meeting every national emergency") bespeak an earlier era. Ind.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta | Horn Book Magazine Issue: April, 1959

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