Other editions of book Off Like the Wind!: The First Ride of the Pony Express

In 1860, the first Pony Express rider set out on a trail from Missouri to California. With him, he carried a special delivery?the first mail ever carried by hand to the West. Over the next eleven days, he and many other riders would endure harsh weather, dangerous animals, and more, but nothing would diminish their unflagging determination and courage.Meticulously researched and gorgeously illustrated, Michael P. Spradlin and Layne Johnson's Off Like the Wind! brings to life an adventurous journey, full of suspense and excitement, that celebrates America's can-do attitude and pioneering spirit.

In 1860, the first Pony Express rider set out on a trail from Missouri to California. With him, he carried a special delivery-the first mail ever carried by hand to the West. Over the next eleven days, he and many other riders would endure harsh weather, dangerous animals, and more, but nothing would diminish their unflagging determination and courage.Meticulously researched and gorgeously illustrated, Michael P. Spradlin and Layne Johnson's Off Like the Wind! brings to life an adventurous journey, full of suspense and excitement, that celebrates America's can-do attitude and pioneering spirit.

Follow the heroic Pony Express riders as they travel from Missouri to California and back again across the American West! Through dry desert heat, to freezing mountain blizzards, amidst a harrowing buffalo stampede and with hungry wolves on their trails, nothing will stop these intrepid messengers from delivering the mail. Just in time for the Pony Express's 150 year anniversary, Michael P. Spradlin and Layne Johnson bring to life in precise historic detail the world of the Wild West and those who dared to travel it.