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The indifferent stars above the harrowing saga of the Donner Party

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...

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Main Author: Brown, Daniel James, 1951-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper Perennial, 2010.
Edition:1st Harper Perennial ed.
Subjects:
Fosdick, Sarah Graves, > 1825-1871.
Brown, Daniel James, > 1951- > Travel > West (U.S.)
Women pioneers > California > Biography.
Brides > California > Biography.
Pioneers > California > History > 19th century.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Frontier and pioneer life > California.
Donner Party.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) > History > 19th century.
West (U.S.) > Description and travel.
Biographies.
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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.
Item Description:Originally published: W. Morrow, 2009.
Physical Description:xvi, 337, 18 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-337).
ISBN:9780061348112
0061348112
Author Notes:Daniel James Brown was born in Berkeley, California. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at the University of California at Berkeley and a Master of Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. He has taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford University.

He is the author of The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride, Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894, and The Boys in the Boat.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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