Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express - Brossura

Corbett, Christopher

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0767906934 ISBN 13: 9780767906937

Casa editrice: Crown, 2004

Riassunto

An authoritative history of the Pony Express discusses its myths, dangers, and most noted riders, describing the challenges that prompted its employers to advertise for adventure seekers without families. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

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Recensione

“A lively and conversational probe that lays out the real facts about this stirring slice of Americana.”—Albuquerque Journal

“A rollicking tale of frontiersmen, showmen, hustlers, hucksters, and frauds.”
—CNN

“It’s the West in microcosm, and Corbett’s breezy writing turns what we thought we knew into a compelling search for fact . . . It’s a romantic story that won’t die.”
—Denver Post

L'autore

Christopher Corbett has been a working journalist for more than twenty-five years.  A former news editor and reporter with the Associated Press, Corbett has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Boston Globe.  The author of the novel Vactionland, he lives in Baltimore and teaches journalism at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Crown
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0767906934
• ISBN 13: 9780767906937
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288