Stagecoaches and the Pony Express |
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| Author:
| Isaacs, Sally Senzell |
| Series title: | The American Adventure Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4034-2508-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2004 |
| Publisher: | Heinemann-Raintree
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| Imprint: | NA-h |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.29 |
Book Description:
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Learn how between 1820 and 1900 transportation developed from boats, horses, and wagons to stagecoaches, railroads, and cars. Follow the journey of stagecoach passengers between towns in the East, and the movement of goods by land and sea between the East and West Coasts. Find out how the Pony Express and telegraph services started and why they soon died out. This book describes in detail the lives of ordinary people who drove and traveled in stagecoaches and who helped move mail,...
More DescriptionLearn how between 1820 and 1900 transportation developed from boats, horses, and wagons to stagecoaches, railroads, and cars. Follow the journey of stagecoach passengers between towns in the East, and the movement of goods by land and sea between the East and West Coasts. Find out how the Pony Express and telegraph services started and why they soon died out. This book describes in detail the lives of ordinary people who drove and traveled in stagecoaches and who helped move mail, newspapers, gold, money, and goods all over the nation. Each book in the series uses reconstruction illustrations and photographs along with clear text and fact boxes to bring the story of our nation to life.