The Story of the Pony Express: A Concise History

by Glenn Bradley

(with Tom Crews' new introduction which contains important new  information about an alternate overland route from Sacramento to San Francisco)

Tom Crews' research on the overland route of the Pony Express from Sacramento to Oakland and on to San Francisco, in the introduction to this classic book,  provides an overview of a neglected part of the old Pony Express run.

 Bradley's story explains in a concise fashion the reasons why the pony express was such a vital link with the East at a time when Civil War was brewing.  The efforts to provide mail and passenger service to the old West are interesting, and there are stirring accounts of the rider's exploits.

Paperback,  105 pages, $9.95