Orphans Preferred : The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express (Paperback)

from NielsenGW

We know this much is true: In 1860, the business trio of Russell, Majors, & Waddell set about to revolutionize overland mail delivery in the United States. Backed by a congressional blessing (but not by congressional money), they sought to deliver mail to the citizens of California faster than ev...

from NewsieQ

A journalistic "debunking" of much of the myth surrounding the Pony Express. I enjoyed the book, loved the way it was organized and written, but thought it had insufficient documentation (no footnotes, no index and some sources quoted in the text did not appear in the bibliography). Interestingly...

from bness2

Orphans were not preferred, and many other stories about the Pony Express are also myths. This is a good, well researched book on the topic. Somewhat tedious and sometimes repetitive, but worth reading nevertheless.