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California Donner Party Man-woman relationships Fiction Overland journeys to the Pacific Overland journeys to the Pacific Juvenile literature Pioneers Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) Fiction Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) History 19th century Juvenile literature United States Sierra Nevada West United StatesRobinson, Kim Stanley
Summary: A "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and camping, from New York Times bestselling novelist Kim Stanley Robinson (Bill McKibben, Gary Snyder).--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.944 ROBKhor, Shing Yin
Summary: "Aware of the racial tumult in the years after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Mei tries to remain blissfully focused on her job, her close friendship with the camp foreman's daughter, and telling stories about Paul Bunyan--reinvented as Po Pan Yin (Auntie Po), an elderly Chinese matriarch"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 KHOYee, Betty G.
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family desperately needs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YEEEngle, Margarita.
Summary: When his mother is sent to jail in Los Angeles, eleven-year-old Tony goes to live with his forest ranger great-uncle in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Tony experiences unconditional love for the first time through his friendship with a rescue dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ENGLevinson, Nancy Smiler.
Summary: One winter John Thompson skis across the Sierra Nevada Mountains and creates a path upon which mail and people may travel, thus earning his nickname "Snowshoe Thompson."
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1992
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR Purple Levinson 1992LeMarque, Eric
Summary: In this first-person account, former Olympian Eric LeMarque recounts a harrowing tale of survival--of eight days in the frozen wilderness, of losing his legs to frostbite, and coming face-to-face with death. But Eric's ordeal on the mountain was only part of his struggle for survival--as he reveals, with startling candor, an even more harrowing and inspiring tale of fame and addiction, healing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEMARQUE, ERIC LEMHale, Nathan
Summary: "The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nevada Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.94 KOEGriffin, Joan, M
Summary: Three friends, women in their fifties, set out to hike "the most beautiful long-distance trail in the world," the John Muir Trail. From the outset, their adventure is complicated by self-inflicted accidents and ferocious weather, then enriched when they "adopt" a young hiker abandoned by her partner along the trail. The women experience the terror of lightning at eleven-thousand feet, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rose Writing 2023
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Summary: Vienna Mortenson is tough, decisive, and not the sort to make a fool of herself over a guy. Though Zale Vizzini's job puts him in harm's way, he wants something real with Vienna. But soon both of their lives are threatened.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FEEThoene, Brock
Contents: Cannons of the comstock -- The year of the grizzly -- Shooting star.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Inspirational Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOBrown, Daniel James
Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2010
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Summary: "Miracle Country captures one family's spirit and losses in a harsh landscape that has been shaped and exploited over hundreds of years, and chronicles the author's journey as she realizes that there's nowhere else in the country, no matter how green and welcoming, that feels like home"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ATLEEWORK, KENDRA ATLWilson, Anne A
Summary: When she is assigned to a new search and rescue team, Navy helicopter pilot Lt. Alison Malone meets mountain guide Will during a dangerous mission, a man who shows her that it is never too late to start living.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Wilson 2016Micklos, John
Summary: "In the spring of 1846, the Donner and Reed families joined a wagon train bound for California in hopes of a better life. But when the party took an untested shortcut, it set them down a tragic path. As they crossed the Sierra Nevada, heavy snow fell in the mountain pass. They were trapped. Supplies were already low, and now they faced a winter of starvation. Told through the gripping,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 MICCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J978 MICWallis, Michael
Summary: In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped would be the most rewarding journey of a lifetime. But in eagerly pursuing what would a century later become known as the "American dream," this optimistic-yet-motley crew of emigrants was met with a chilling nightmare; in the following...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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Summary: Ruby never thought she'd return to Cardinal, but she's hoping the place and people who gave her so much can give her brother Nash, who's been drowning in drink in Nashville, the fresh start he so desperately needs. Saddlemaker Lucas McGavin is thrilled that Ruby has come back. He hasn't given up on his love for her, despite the awkward fact that she is his brother's widow, and he's well aware...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2013
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC FOWPreston, Douglas J.
Summary: Nora Kelly, a young but successful curator with a series of important excavations already under her belt, is approached by the handsome Historian, Guy Porter, to lead an expedition unlike any other. Guy tells his story--one involving the ill-fated Donner Party, who became permanently lodged in the American consciousness in the winter of 1847, when the first skeletonized survivors of the party...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Preston 2019Wolf, Allan
Summary: "In powerful, vivid verse, the master behind The Watch That Ends the Night recounts one of history's most harrowing--and chilling--tales of survival. In 1846, a group of emigrants bound for California face a choice: continue on their planned route or take a shortcut into the wilderness. Eighty-nine of them opt for the untested trail, a decision that plunges them into danger and desperation and,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WOLSummary: Yosemite National Park embraces nearly 1,200 square miles located near the Sierra Mountains in California. One of the world's pre-eminent scenic wonders. Encompasses mountains, tranquil valleys, roaring rivers, mist-enshrouded waterfalls and groves of giant sequoias - the largest living things on Earth. Enjoy the sights of the massive granite shapes of Half Dome, El Capitan and Cathedral Rock,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Good Times 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.94 DISHubbard, Ben
Summary: "In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures . . ....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978 HUBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist HubbardWilson, Anne A
Summary: Navy helicopter pilot Lt. Alison Malone has been assigned to a search-and-rescue team based at Naval Air Station Fallon Nevada, near the rugged peaks of the Sierra Nevada and far from her former elite H-60 squadron. A rule follower by nature, Alison is exasperated and outraged every time she flies with her mission commander, "Boomer" Marks, for whom military procedures are merely a suggestion....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2016
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC WILPreston, Douglas J.
Summary: Curator Nora Kelly is approached by historian Clive Benton to lead an expedition unlike any other. Nora agrees, and they venture into the Sierra Nevada in search of the Donner Party camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Book Group 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA FIC PRESummary: Features Bear Grylls, who draws on his experiences as a soldier, mountaineer, and seasoned adventurer to demonstrate life-saving survival skills and techniques in some of the toughest, most treacherous environments on Earth. Shows how Bear is stranded in wilderness destinations with few supplies and is challenged to make his way back to civilization. Looks at how Bear faces sweltering desert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Discovery Channel 2007