The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
ISBN-10
1975798481
ISBN-13
9781975798482
Series
The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
Pages
560
Language
English
Published
2017-08-27
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author
Eliza P. Donner Houghton

Description

The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846-1847, some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism. Although this aspect of the tragedy has become synonymous with the Donner Party in the popular imagination, it actually was a minor part of the episode. The author was about 4 at the time. The first part of the book accounts the tragic journey and rescue attempts; the last half are reminiscences of the child orphan, passed from family to family while growing up.

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