Not a thunder storm, blizzard, buffalo stampede, or pack of hungry wolves kept the first overland delivery of mail from making its final destination in Sacramento, California. Informative text with rich illustrations. Map, Timeline, Author’s Note, Bibliography, Further Reading, Webliography.

Good for text set or stand alone informative with illustrations.

This historical fiction book is an accurate representation of what life was like when the first mail system was established in America. It is not the typical cowboy and indians story about the midwest that is usually presented.I think students will enjoy this book's bright pictures and exciting adventure.

I really enjoyed this book. I think this would be such a great book to add to a social studies unit on the west or the mail. Students could really relate to the riders since we are able to know their names and the hardships they had to go through to get the mail halfway across the continent in eleven days. I also really liked that on the front and back pages of the book there was a map of where the riders actually went. Overall I really liked this book. ( )

I found this book very interesting, because I do not remember learning much about the pony express in school. The pictures are bright, but I wish there was a bit more information in the book. ( )