The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride / Daniel James Brown.
2009
F868.N5 B838 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride / Daniel James Brown.
Author
Brown, Daniel James, 1951-
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780061348105
0061348104
0061348104
Imprint
New York : William Morrow, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
F868.N5 B838 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
978/.02092
Summary
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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Table of Contents
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.
The barren earth
The meager by the meager were devoured
In the reproof of chance
Appendix: The Donner Party encampments.