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“Compulsive reading—a wonderful account, both scholarly and gripping, of a horrifying episode in the history of the west.” —Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people—men, women, and children—set out for California, persuaded to attempt a new overland route. After struggling across the desert,...
The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people—men, women, and children—set out for California, persuaded to attempt a new overland route. After struggling across the desert,...
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"A retelling of the fate of the Donner Party, with a Walking Dead style twist"--
Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the pioneers to the brink of madness. They cannot escape the feeling that someone--or something--is stalking them. Whether it was a...
16) The Donner Party
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Children's Press
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[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the journey of the ill-fated Donner Party, ninety pioneers who became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846-47.
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Oxford University Press
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Drawing on fresh archeological evidence, recent research on topics ranging from survival rates to snowfall totals, and heartbreaking letters and diaries made public by descendants a century-and-a-half after the tragedy, Ethan Rarick offers an intimate portrait of the Donner party--ninety pioneers who became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846-47-- and their unimaginable ordeal
18) Old bones
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Nora Kelly novels (Preston & Child) volume 1
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2019.
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English
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Nora Kelly, a young but successful curator with a series of important excavations already under her belt, is approached by the handsome Historian, Guy Porter, to lead an expedition unlike any other. Guy tells his story--one involving the ill-fated Donner Party, who became permanently lodged in the American consciousness in the winter of 1847, when the first skeletonized survivors of the party stumbled out of the California mountains, replete with...
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Distributed by Disney Educational Productions
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c2005
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English
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A wealthy and proud woman of Chiago, Margaret Reed unwillingly finds herself a member of the Donner party-- a group of pioneers making their way to California by covered wagon in the summer of 1846. One by one the odds begin to stack against Margaret and her family as precious days slip away and an early winter storm closes the passes through the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Trapped without adequate foor and supplies, Margaret struggles to keep her...
20) Beyond the pass
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Vantage
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c1956
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English
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"Based on the famous Donner-Reed trek from the Midwest to California in 1846, this dramatic tale sets forth fearlessly all the lusts, cruelties, depravities, and abominations--including cannibalism--of which man is capable, as well the highest and most self-sacrificing reaches of his spirit"--Provided by publisher.
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