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Saddles and Spurs: The Pony Express Saga Book Author: Mary Lund Settle and Raymond W. Settle Collection: ISBN: Release Date: 1955 Pages: Paperback Language: English Condition: Good Publisher: Stackpole Company Literary Genre: The work tells the true story of the Pony Express, a pioneering horseback relay system that operated for a brief but crucial period of 16 months, between April 1860 and October 1861. The service connected the eastern and western United States (from Missouri to California), reducing the delivery time for transcontinental messages to just 10 days. The book reconstructs this operation through several pillars: Historical Context: Explores the scenario that preceded the creation of the service, detailing the stagecoach transportation business, the expansion of trade, and the enormous political and economic need to unify the country on the eve of the American Civil War. Logistics and Organization: Presents the way the nearly 3,000-kilometer route was planned through inhospitable and wild territories, including a detailed list and description of each of the stopping and horse-changing stations. Dangers and Challenges: Relates the extreme adversities faced on a daily basis, such as severe weather conditions, the mountainous and desert terrain, threats from bandits, and confrontations with local Native American tribes. Biographies and Profiles: Includes biographical sketches of the founding entrepreneurs who envisioned the project, the support staff, and, most importantly, the daring young riders who risked their lives to ensure that the mail reached its destination. The End of an Era: Explains the decline and abrupt closure of the service, driven by financial problems and, definitively, by the emergence of the transcontinental telegraph, which made communication instantaneous. The result of exhaustive research by the authors, the volume also stands out for bringing together dozens of historical photographs and illustrations from the time, serving as a documentary record
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2,50 €Saddles and Spurs: The Pony Express Saga Book Author: Mary Lund Settle and Raymond W. Settle Collection: ISBN: Release Date: 1955 Pages: Paperback Language: English Condition: Good Publisher: Stackpole Company Literary Genre: The work tells the true story of the Pony Express, a pioneering horseback relay system that operated for a brief but crucial period of 16 months, between April 1860 and October 1861. The service connected the eastern and western United States (from Missouri to California), reducing the delivery time for transcontinental messages to just 10 days. The book reconstructs this operation through several pillars: Historical Context: Explores the scenario that preceded the creation of the service, detailing the stagecoach transportation business, the expansion of trade, and the enormous political and economic need to unify the country on the eve of the American Civil War. Logistics and Organization: Presents the way the nearly 3,000-kilometer route was planned through inhospitable and wild territories, including a detailed list and description of each of the stopping and horse-changing stations. Dangers and Challenges: Relates the extreme adversities faced on a daily basis, such as severe weather conditions, the mountainous and desert terrain, threats from bandits, and confrontations with local Native American tribes. Biographies and Profiles: Includes biographical sketches of the founding entrepreneurs who envisioned the project, the support staff, and, most importantly, the daring young riders who risked their lives to ensure that the mail reached its destination. The End of an Era: Explains the decline and abrupt closure of the service, driven by financial problems and, definitively, by the emergence of the transcontinental telegraph, which made communication instantaneous. The result of exhaustive research by the authors, the volume also stands out for bringing together dozens of historical photographs and illustrations from the time, serving as a documentary record
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