Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party.
by Stewart, George R
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chipping to spine ends and light sunning to spine
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The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people -- men, women, and children -- set out for California, persuaded to attempt a new overland route. After struggling across the desert, losing many oxen, and nearly dying of thirst, they reached the very summit of the Sierras, only to be trapped by blinding snow and bitter storms. Many perished; some survived by resorting to cannibalism; all were subjected to unbearable suffering. Incorporating the diaries of the survivors and other contemporary documents, George Stewart wrote the definitive history of that ill-fated band of pioneers; an astonishing account of what human beings may endure and achieve in the final press of circumstance.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355932
- Title
- Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party.
- Author
- Stewart, George R
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth. black spine title.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with some chipping to spine ends and light sunning to spine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Centennial edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Holt.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1946
- Pages
- ix, 328 pp.
- Size
- 21.5x14 cm.
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- California;
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