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"A GROUNDBREAKING WORK," hails True West : The #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of American Sniper brings the legendary Pony Express to life in this spirited new history Spur Awards Finalist, Best Western Historical Nonfiction "One can hear horse hooves pounding across the prairie and sense the fear and courage and excitement." Tom Clavin, author of Wild Bill O n the eve of the Civil War, three American businessmen launched an audacious plan to create a financial empire by transforming communications across the hostile territory between the nations two coasts. In the process, they created one of the most enduring icons of the American West: the Pony Express. Daring young men with colorful names like Bronco Charlie and Sawed-Off Jim galloped at speed over a vast and unforgiving landscape, etching an irresistible tale that passed into myth almost instantly. Equally an improbable success and a business disaster, the Pony Express came and went in just eighteen months, but not before uniting and captivating a nation on the brink of being torn apart. Jim DeFelices brilliantly entertaining West Like Lightning is the first major history of the Pony Express to put its bi

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Author

DeFelice, Jim

Publisher

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062496782

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.2 / 5 (134 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14