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by Brown, Daniel James
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : William Morrow, (New York :) Physical details: xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:9780061348105; 0061348104. Year: 2009
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A sprightly boy and a romping girl -- The barren earth -- The meager by the meager were devoured -- In the reproof of chance -- Appendix: The Donner Party encampments.

A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived.

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