The Sweetwater Run: The Story of Buffalo Bill Cody and the Pony Express

Andrew Glass. Yearling Books, $6.99 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-440-41186-4

The ""full-bodied, conversational first-person voice instantly allies readers with a legendary historical figure,"" said PW, adding that the oil paintings convey ""the rugged, expansive terrain of a West that was wild."" Ages 6-10. (Oct.)

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