Displaying 1 of 1 2012 Format: Book Author: Ratliff, Thomas M. Title: You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider! : a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do / written by Tom Ratliff ; illustrated by Mark Bergin. Publisher, Date: New York : Franklin Watts, 2012. Description: 32 pages : some color illustrations ; 25 cm. Summary: Describes the disadvantages to being a Pony Express rider, including riding in all weather, natural disasters, and disease. Series: You wouldn't want to-- You wouldn't want to-- Subjects: Pony express -- History -- Juvenile literature. Postal service -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature. Other Author: Bergin, Mark, 1961- illustrator. Notes: Includes index. Accelerated Reader AR Middle Grades 6.8 1 quiz: 149805. Reading Counts RC 3-5 11.40 3 quiz: 56647. Contents: What is the Pony Express? -- Signing up -- "Go west, young man!" -- The mail service -- Life on the trail -- The route west -- The Paiute War -- Tools for the job -- The dangers of the trail -- The telegraph -- the troubled election of 1860 -- The end of the Express. LCCN: 2011047188 ISBN: 9781451737172 1451737173 9780531208724 0531208729 9780531209479 0531209474 Other Number: 752072707 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 322856 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: j 383.14 Ratliff Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
