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The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party

The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party( )
Author: Calabro, Marian
ISBN:978-0-395-86610-8
Publication Date:Mar 1999
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Clarion Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $27.95
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On April 14, 1846, the Donner Party set out from Springfield, Illinois, in search of a better life in the largely unsettled California territory. The trip started well but eventually questionable choices and infighting delayed pioneers' attempt to cross the Sierra Nevada until winter. As the impassable snows closed in and their supplies dwindled to nothing, the group faced an almost hopeless struggle for survival that would push some toward the final taboo of cannibalism. Nearly...
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