Cool travel adventure--the author decides to follow the route (as much as possible) taken by the legendary and short-lived Pony Express mail delivery service. And he does it on horseback, tool. He does not try to recreate the Pony Express schedule--the 10 day relay that the riders targeted was going to take him an entire season from May until September, 142 days. But he did it!
He did truck the horses around heavily populated areas a couple of times. I don't blame him for that--I'm sure it was the right thing to do for his horses' safety and his own enjoyment, not the mention avoiding the fury of people in cars who'd be held to the speed of a trotting horse. I was a little sorry not to hear his adventures "in traffic" but the episode crossing the Missouri River in St. Joseph was enough to satisfy me.
Lot of history in this book and a lot of people he met along the way. Great, great reading enjoyment. And a couple of award-deserving hero horses, too. Chicken Fry and Badger are the stars of this show!
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