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by Brown, Daniel James
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : William Morrow, (New York :) Physical details: xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:9780061348105; 0061348104.
Subject(s): Fosdick, Sarah Graves -- 1825-1871 | Brown, Daniel -- 1951- -- Travel -- West (U.S.) | Donner Party | Women pioneers -- California | Brides -- California | Pioneers -- California -- History -- 19th century. | Overland journeys to the Pacific | Frontier and pioneer life -- California | Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- History -- 19th century | West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Year: 2009
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900 - 999 978.02092 Bro (Browse shelf) Available 94928

A sprightly boy and a romping girl -- The barren earth -- The meager by the meager were devoured -- In the reproof of chance -- Appendix: The Donner Party encampments.

A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived.

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