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The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride / Daniel James Brown.
Brown, Daniel, 1951-
Books/Magazines | William Morrow | c2009. | 1st ed.

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Edition
1st ed.
Description
xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-337).
Contents
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.
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.
LCCN
2008040646
Subjects (People)
Fosdick, Sarah Graves, 1825-1871.
Brown, Daniel, 1951- -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
Subjects (Topics)
Donner Party.
Women pioneers -- California -- Biography.
Brides -- California -- Biography.
Pioneers -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Frontier and pioneer life -- California.
Subjects (Places)
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- History -- 19th century.
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.
Bib utility control no.
zmeld3 b1192363
ISBN
9780061348105
0061348104
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