Riders of the pony express
By: Ralph Moody ; illustrated by Robert Riger ; maps by Leonard Derwinski
Publisher: Dell Pub. Co.
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Copyright date: 1958
Subjects: Pony express; Juvenile literature; Pony Express; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Description: An account of the young men, who carried the mail by pony express almost two thousand miles in ten days, over blizzard-swept mountains, across hot desserts, and through hostile Indian country, from San Francisco to St. Joseph, Missouri.
Notes: "A Yearling book."

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: To save the Golden State; title: Johnny Frey, the first rider; title: The first rider eastward; title: The midwest riders; title: Over the hump with Boston; title: Pony Bob; title: The prairie riders; title: The ambush trail; title: The foothill riders; title: Mormon riders of the desert; title: The Rocky Mountain riders; title: The Mormon riders of Utah; title: The test of manhood; title: Guard it with your life; title: The greatest Pony rider; title: The greatest Pony ride.