What was the Donner Party?

"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,...

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Main Author: Hubbard, Ben, 1973- (Author)
Other Authors: Foley, Tim, 1962- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Workshop, 2023.
Series:What was--?
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245 1 0 |a What was the Donner Party? /  |c by Ben Hubbard ; illustrated by Tim Foley. 
264 1 |a New York :  |b Penguin Workshop,  |c 2023. 
264 4 |c Ã2023 
300 |a 106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 21 cm. 
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490 1 |a What was? 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (page 106). 
505 0 |a What Was the Donner Party? -- Westward Ho! -- Jumping Off -- Forts, Friends, and Foes -- The Hastings Cutoff -- Into the Mountains -- Snowed In -- Relief Parties -- History Remembers. 
520 |a "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, bad decisions, and extreme weather that led to the demise of nearly half of the Donner Party in this book for young readers about one of California's first major disasters"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
521 |a Ages 8-12  |b Penguin Workshop. 
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650 0 |a Pioneers  |z West (U.S.)  |v Biography  |v Juvenile nonfiction. 
651 0 |a Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)  |x History  |y 19th century  |v Juvenile nonfiction. 
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