02389nam 2200601 a 450 991077823570332120200520144314.00-19-771252-51-281-16303-197866111630370-19-804150-01-4356-3881-6(CKB)1000000000483537(EBL)415234(OCoLC)476241119(SSID)ssj0000137530(PQKBManifestationID)11157570(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000137530(PQKBWorkID)10088805(PQKB)10847172(Au-PeEL)EBL415234(CaPaEBR)ebr10211770(CaONFJC)MIL116303(MiAaPQ)EBC415234(EXLCZ)99100000000048353720070607d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDesperate passage[electronic resource] the Donner Party's perilous journey West /Ethan RarickOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-538331-1 0-19-530502-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-279) and index.Contents; List of Characters; Prologue; I: Journey; II: Tribulation; III: Salvation; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexIn late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year's westwardmigration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb over theSierra Nevada Mountains, unaware that a fearsome storm was gatheringforce. After months of grueling travel, the 81 men, women and childrenwould be trapped for a brutal winter with little food and onlyprimitive shelter. The conclusion is known: by spring of the next year,the Donner Party was synonymous with the most harrowing extremes ofhuman survivDonner PartyOverland journeys to the PacificDonner Party.Overland journeys to the Pacific.979.4/37Rarick Ethan1964-1543033MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778235703321Desperate passage3796300UNINA