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The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride / Daniel James Brown.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : William Morrow, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780061348105
  • 0061348104
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 978/.02092 22
LOC classification:
  • F868.N5 B83 2009
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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.
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Nakuru Campus General Circulation Non-fiction F868.N5 B83 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not For Loan 060606
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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.

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