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1) An overland journey from New York to San Francisco in the summer of 1859

Author

Greeley, Horace

Series

New editions of classic commentaries on America's past

Publisher

Knopf

Pub. Date

1964.

Language

English

2) Unfortunate emigrants: narratives of the Donner Party

Publisher

Utah State University Press

Pub. Date

1996

Language

English

3) Ghost trails to California: with selected excerpts from emigrant journals

Author

Hunt, Thomas H

Series

Images of America

Publisher

American West Pub. Company

Pub. Date

[1974]

Language

English

4) The wake of the prairie schooner

Author

Paden, Irene Dakin

Publisher

Macmillan

Pub. Date

1943

Language

English

5) Great trails of the West

Author

Dunlop, Richard

Publisher

Abingdon Press

Pub. Date

[1971]

Language

English

6) Gold rush diary : being the journal of Elisha Douglass Perkins on the Overland Trail in the spring and summer of 1849

Author

Perkins, Elisha Douglass, 1823-1852

Publisher

University of Kentucky Press

Pub. Date

1967.

Language

English

7) The diaries of Peter Decker: overland to California in 1849 and life in the mines, 1850-1851

Author

Decker, Peter

Publisher

Talisman Press

Pub. Date

1966

Language

English

8) Walk on Earth a stranger

Author

Carson, Rae

Series

Gold seer trilogy volume 1

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 16

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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Lee Westfall, a young woman with the magical ability to sense the presence of gold, must flee her home to avoid people who would abuse her powers, so when her best friend Jefferson heads out across Gold Rush-era America to stake his claim, she disguises herself as a boy and sets out on her own dangerous journey.

9) Forty-niners: the chronicle of the California trail

Author

Hulbert, Archer Butler

Publisher

Nevada Publications

Pub. Date

c1986

Language

English

10) The fateful journey of Tamsen Donner

Author

Craig, Frankye

Publisher

21st-Century Pub

Pub. Date

c2006

Language

English

11) Tamsen

Author

Galloway, David D

Publisher

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

Pub. Date

[1983]

Language

English

Description

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"A fictional account of the tragic expedition of the Donner Party focuses on the courage and determination of one woman, Tamsen Donner, as she and the other pioneers struggle for survival through the bitter Sierra Nevada winter of 1846"--Amazon.com

12) Donner Pass and those who crossed it: the story of the country made notable by the Stevens Party, the Donner Party, the gold-hunters, and the railroad builders, with old and new illustrations showing the pass in...

Author

Stewart, George R

Publisher

Lane Book co

Pub. Date

[1964]

Language

English

13) An ordinary woman: a dramatized biography of Nancy Kelsey

Author

Holland, Cecelia

Publisher

Forge

Pub. Date

c1999

Language

English

14) Walk by faith

Author

Bittner, Rosanne

Publisher

Center Point Publishing

Pub. Date

[2005]

Language

English

15) The world rushed in: the California gold rush experience

Author

Holliday, J. S

Language

English

Description

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Provides a dramatic re-creation of the exciting events during the California Gold Rush, combining letters, firsthand accounts, and historical narrative.