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

Contributor(s): Corbett, Christopher (Author)

ISBN: 9780767906937

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Binding Types:

Paperback

$22.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$34.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$33.75 (100+ copies: $33.00)

List/retail price:

$22.00

Pub Date: September 14, 2004

Dewey: 383.1430973

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Maps, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.64" H x 8.12" L x 5.19" W ( 0.47 lbs) 288 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | United States | 19th Century | Biography and Autobiography | Historical

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000078327 ( Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express)

Reading level: 8.80

Interest level: UG

Point value: 17.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "Orphans Preferred" is both a revisionist history of the magnificent and ill-fated adventure of the Pony Express and an entertaining look at the often larger-than-life individuals who created and perpetuated the myth. Illustrations.

Review Quotes: "A lively and conversational probe that lays out the real facts about this stirring slice of Americana."--Albuquerque Journal

"A rollicking tale of frontiersmen, showmen, hustlers, hucksters, and frauds."
--CNN

"It's the West in microcosm, and Corbett's breezy writing turns what we thought we knew into a compelling search for fact . . . It's a romantic story that won't die."
--Denver Post

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