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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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The indifferent stars above : |b the harrowing saga of the Donner Party / |c Daniel James Brown. |
| 250 | |a 1st Harper Perennial ed. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Harper Perennial, |c 2010. | |
| 300 | |a xvi, 337, 18 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations ; |c 21 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-337). | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a A sprightly boy and a romping girl -- The barren earth -- The meager by the meager were devoured -- In the reproof of chance -- Appendix: The Donner Party encampments. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
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