History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra

History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra
ISBN-10
0804703671
ISBN-13
9780804703673
Series
History of the Donner Party
Category
History
Pages
261
Language
English
Published
1947
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Author
Charles Fayette McGlashan

Description

Reproduces the 1880 edition of McGlashan's text, which chronicles the experiences of the Donner Party, a group of pioneers who set out from Springfield, IL in April of 1846 and encountered tragedy when they were trapped by a snowstorm in the Sierra mountains.

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