The indifferent stars above :
Brown, Daniel, 1951-
The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride / Daniel James Brown. - 1st ed. - New York : William Morrow, c2009. - xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-337).
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.
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.
9780061348105 0061348104
2008040646
Fosdick, Sarah Graves, 1825-1871.
Brown, Daniel, 1951- --Travel--West (U.S.)
Donner Party.
Women pioneers--California--Biography.
Brides--California--Biography.
Pioneers--History--California--19th century.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Frontier and pioneer life--California.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--History--19th century.
West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
F868.N5 / B83 2009
978/.02092
The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride / Daniel James Brown. - 1st ed. - New York : William Morrow, c2009. - xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-337).
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.
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.
9780061348105 0061348104
2008040646
Fosdick, Sarah Graves, 1825-1871.
Brown, Daniel, 1951- --Travel--West (U.S.)
Donner Party.
Women pioneers--California--Biography.
Brides--California--Biography.
Pioneers--History--California--19th century.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Frontier and pioneer life--California.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--History--19th century.
West (U.S.)--Description and travel.
F868.N5 / B83 2009
978/.02092