LEADER 02392nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910451520303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-16303-1 010 $a9786611163037 010 $a0-19-804150-0 010 $a1-4356-3881-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000483537 035 $a(EBL)415234 035 $a(OCoLC)476241119 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000137530 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11157570 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000137530 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10088805 035 $a(PQKB)10847172 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415234 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415234 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10211770 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL116303 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000483537 100 $a20070607d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDesperate passage$b[electronic resource] $ethe Donner Party's perilous journey West /$fEthan Rarick 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-538331-1 311 $a0-19-530502-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-279) and index. 327 $aContents; List of Characters; Prologue; I: Journey; II: Tribulation; III: Salvation; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn 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 surviv 606 $aDonner Party 606 $aOverland journeys to the Pacific 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDonner Party. 615 0$aOverland journeys to the Pacific. 676 $a979.4/37 700 $aRarick$b Ethan$f1964-$0939139 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451520303321 996 $aDesperate passage$92116913 997 $aUNINA