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03139cam a22006254a 4500 001 8A5644D02B0411DEA75DDE07A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20200130012934 008 030210s2003 nyua b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2003041792 020 $a 9780767906920 020 $a 0767906926 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d JRS $d BAKER $d NLGGC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d IWV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HE6375.P65 $b C67 2003b 082 00 $a 383/.143/0973 $2 21 084 $a 15.85 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Corbett, Christopher. 245 1 $a Orphans preferred : $b the twisted truth and lasting legend of the Pony Express / $c Christopher Corbett. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Broadway Books, $c 2003. 300 $a 270 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-263). 505 0 $a How the story goes, or what do we know? -- In the days of the pony -- "Capital fellows" - Russell, Majors & Waddell -- "A wild, uninhabited expanse" -- "The greatest enterprise of modern times!!" -- Pyramid Lake -- "Orphans preferred" and "The worst imps of satan" -- Captain Sir Richard Burton -- The telegraph: "Our little friend the pony is to run no more" -- After the pony -- Mark Twain ..."To the territory ahead" -- Billy Cody's big adventure -- Buffalo Bill's wild west: "Wholly free from sham and insincerity" -- The colonel and his thrilling and truthful history -- Pony Bob Haslam: a true rider of the purple sage -- "Memory at the best is treacherous": the story of the story of the pony express and how it grew -- The borderland of fable -- Broncho Charlie Miller, "the last of the pony express riders" -- The girl who remembered Johnny Frey. 650 0 $a Pony express. 650 17 $a Pony Express. $2 gtt 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/random055/2003041792.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/random045/2003041792.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0413/2003041792.html 941 $a 22 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417011954.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409050502.0 952 $l CJPC482 $d 20240202015712.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722013116.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20201013080902.0 952 $l DUPB413 $d 20201013032656.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528024923.0 952 $l ZMPA437 $d 20180830013312.0 952 $l DKPC353 $d 20180707024107.0 952 $l HLPC845 $d 20180419011015.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180119044550.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20170523013419.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160820062627.0 952 $l XFPB697 $d 20151211011216.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150922022135.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20140131014827.0 952 $l ZVPB675 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l O3AX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l HCPC755 $m 383.143 Cor $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l CHPB482 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l AXPF626 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8A5644D02B0411DEA75DDE07A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search