Stagecoaches and the Pony Express

By Sally Senzell Isaacs

Book Overview

Learn how between 1820 and 1900 transportation developed from boats, horses, and wagons to stagecoaches, railroads, and cars. Follow the journey of stagecoach passengers between towns in the East, and the movement of goods by land and sea between the East and West Coasts. Find out how the Pony Express and telegraph services started and why they soon died out. This book describes in detail the lives of ordinary people who drove and traveled in stagecoaches and who helped move mail, newspapers, gold, money, and goods all over the nation. Each book in the series uses reconstruction illustrations and photographs along with clear text and fact boxes to bring the story of our nation to life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403425086
• ISBN13: 9781403425089
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7