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English
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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,...
Author
Publisher
I Street Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"You can walk through Donner Summit history, where it all took place. In the walks described here you will read the stories, 'hear' history through people's words, and see the historical photographs that bring the history to life" -- page [4] of cover.
10) The Donner Party
Publisher
PBS DVD Video
Pub. Date
[1992-]
Language
English
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Chronicles the tale of the pioneer group that set out for California in the spring of 1846 and ended in disaster in the snows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains the following winter.
Publisher
Sierra State Parks Foundation
Pub. Date
[200-?]
Language
English
Description
Based on diaries and letters of the Donner Party families, this video is shown daily to audiences in the Emigrant Trail Museum which opened its doors to the public in September 1962 on the site of the tragic Donner Party Camps of 1846-47. Depicts life on the trail as the pioneers lived it in the mid-1800s as they struggle to survive the terrible winter.
17) Huesos olvidados
Author
Series
Nora Kelly novel volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
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Description
Crimen, canibalismo, una expedición maldita y un misterio enterrado en el tiempo. Preston & Child inauguran una irresistible serie que mezcla arqueología, historia, crimen y suspense. La joven arqueóloga Nora Kelly recibe una extraordinaria propuesta: liderar un equipo en busca del llamado «Campamento perdido» de la expedición Donner. Su misterio se remonta a 1847, cuando un grupo de pioneros quedó atrapado en las montañas de California...
18) The Donner Party
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the journey of the Donner Party which, in 1846, sought to travel from Independence, Missouri, to California but took an untried shortcut that trapped them in the Sierra Nevada mountains during a terrible winter.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived,the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures . . . including cannibalism. Learn about the many miscalculations,...
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