Wanted: A Few Bold Riders. A Story of the Pony Express

Bailer, Darice

ISBN 10: 1568994648 / ISBN 13: 9781568994642

Published by Soundprints/Smithsonian Institution, Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.A., 1996

About this Item

First edition, stated. 4to. Pictorial boards, 32 pp. Illustrated throughout. New in new dustjacket.

Seller Inventory # 013685

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wanted: A Few Bold Riders. A Story of the Pony Express
• Publisher: Soundprints/Smithsonian Institution, Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568994648
• ISBN 13: 9781568994642
• Binding: Pictorial Boards
• Illustrator: Antonishak, Tom
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's Books
  • Americana

About this title

Synopsis

While visiting the Pony Express exhibit at the National Postal Museum, Kevin travels back in time and becomes Warren Upson, a famous rider with a difficult route.

About the Author

Darice Bailer grew up in Rochester, New York with seven siblings and dreamed of becoming a writer. Today, she has written over 3 books for children. Her first book for Soundprints, Puffin's Homecoming: The Story of an Atlantic Puffin, received a 1993 Parent's Choice Award. Also a journalist for many years, she was a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Hartford Courant. She currently helps students and teachers at Old Greenwich School in Connecticut.