The Donner Party: A Doomed Journey Contributor(s): Tim McNeese (Author), McNeese, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 1604130253 ISBN-13: 9781604130256 Publisher: Chelsea House Publications OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: On April 16, 1846, a group of 33 settlers, their goods, and animals began moving west by wagon train from Springfield, Illinois, to California. After stopping in St. Louis, the Donner Party followed the California Trail until they reached Little Sandy River, in what is now Wyoming, where they camped alongside other groups of travelers. Now numbering 87, the settlers took a shortcut called Hastings Cutoff, but found themselves stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during a snowstorm that blocked the trail through what is now called Donner Pass. What started out as an adventurous trek to a new land turned into a nightmare as the days turned into months, their food and supplies dwindled, and several members of the party died. The rest of the group resorted to cannibalism to survive. Of the original 87 travelers, 39 died, and 48 survived. The Donner Party: A Doomed Journey details the trials faced by these settlers as they made the journey west to California. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 19th Century |
Dewey: 979.437 |
LCCN: 2008029652 |
Series: Milestones in American History |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.7" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 146 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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Publisher Description: This title details the trials faced by a group of settlers trying to journey west from Illinois to California in the mid-1840s. Stranded in a snowstorm in the Sierra Nevada Mounatians, the party resorted to cannibalism to survive. |