The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
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The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate by Eliza P Donner Houghton
George and Tamsen Donner and their children, among the very first to leave from Illinois, joined emigrants headed to California in the spring of 1846. Beyond Fort Bridger, Captain Donner led a large party through a much-advertised shortcut. This title presents an authoritative account of the Donner disaster.
“[Those in the Donner camp] could scarcely walk, by the twenty-eighth, and their sensations of hunger were diminishingThis condition forebode delirium and death, unless stayed by the only means at hand. It was in truth a very pitiful alternative offered to the sufferers.”—Eliza P. Donner Houghton
Kristin Johnson is a librarian at Salt Lake City Community College and the author of Unfortunate Emigrants: Narratives of the Donner Party.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803273047 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803273045 |
| Title | The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate |
| Author | Eliza P Donner Houghton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 1997-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 425 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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