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Brown, Daniel James, 1951- author.
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Fosdick, Sarah Graves, 1825-1871.
Brown, Daniel James, 1951- -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
Donner Party.
Women pioneers -- California -- Biography.
Brides -- California -- Biography.
Pioneers -- California -- History -- 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.
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The indifferent star...
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The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of the Donner Party / Daniel James Brown.
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Brown, Daniel James, 1951- author.
New York : Harper Perennial, 2010.
Subjects
Fosdick, Sarah Graves, 1825-1871.
Brown, Daniel James, 1951- -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
Donner Party.
Women pioneers -- California -- Biography.
Brides -- California -- Biography.
Pioneers -- California -- History -- 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.
ISBN:
0061348112 (paperback)
9780061348112 (paperback)
Description:
xvi, 337, 17 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
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First Harper Perennial edition.
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.
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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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Aina Haina Public Library
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978.02092 Fosdick Br
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