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008 750610s1967 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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050 1 0 _aF591
_b.M815 1967b
082 0 0 _a978/.02
100 1 _aMoody, Ralph,
_d1898-1982.
_912786
245 1 0 _aStagecoach west /
260 _a[New York] :
_bPromontory Press,
_cc1967.
300 _ax, 341 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 323-333) and index.
505 0 _aIn the beginning -- Yankee ingenuity -- Dawn of the golden era -- Stagecoach center of the world -- On the Santa Fe Trail -- Aaron Brown and the Overland Mail -- Stage lines through the deserts -- The Butterfield Overland Line -- First Overland Stage journey -- An unbeatable adversary -- Stagecoach moguls in the making -- Pike's Peak or bust -- Silent partners in high places -- Pony Express and the bond scandal -- Wells Fargo in the driver's seat -- Big Ben Holladay makes a grab -- Roughshod master and crew -- Rise of the stagecoach king -- "May the Lord have mercy upon them" -- Aftermath of massacre -- Climax and death knell -- Where there's gold the wheels still roll -- Twilight of the golden era.
520 _a"The story of the frontier express lines that linked the nation together"--Jacket subtitle.
650 0 _aCoaching (Transportation)
_zWest (U.S.)
_xHistory.
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650 0 _aOverland journeys to the Pacific.
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650 0 _aFrontier and pioneer life
_zWest (U.S.)
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651 0 _aWest (U.S.)
_xHistory.
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