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California Donner Party Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.) Histoire 19e siècle Ouvrages pour la jeunesse Overland journeys to the Pacific Overland journeys to the Pacific Juvenile literature Pioneers Pionniers Californie Biographies Ouvrages pour la jeunesse United States Sierra Nevada Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique Ouvrages pour la jeunesse West United StatesLittlefield, Holly
Summary: Explores the experiences of American children who traveled west to Oregon or California on wagon trains between 1841 and 1869, focusing on transportation, chores, recreation, and dangers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Books 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.02 LITHubbard, 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