The Story of the Pony Express - Softcover

Bradley, Glenn Danford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1545069913 ISBN 13: 9781545069912

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

I have sought to bring to light and make accessible to all readers the more important facts of the Pony Express-its inception, organization and development, its importance to history, its historical background, and some of the anecdotes incidental to its operation. The subject leads one into a wide range of fascinating material, all interesting though much of it is irrelevant. In itself this material is fragmentary and incoherent. It would be quite easy to fill many pages with western adventure having no special bearing upon the central topic. While I have diverged occasionally from the thread of the narrative, my purpose has been merely to give where possible more background to the story, that the account as a whole might be more understandable in its relation to the general facts of history. Special acknowledgment is due Frank A. Root of Topeka, Kansas, joint author with William E. Connelley of The Overland Stage To California, an excellent compendium of data on many phases of the subject. In preparing this work, various Senate Documents have been of great value. Some interesting material is found in Inman and Cody's Salt Lake Trail.

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About the Author:

Glenn Danford Bradley was an American author of late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He concentrated on informative and historical work. His work deeply analyzed the subject.

About this edition

• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1545069913
• ISBN 13: 9781545069912
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 66