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The best land under heaven : the Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny

text The best land under heaven : the Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny

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 centu... Read more
Contents
Introduction: 1846 -- Prologue: Donner Lake, June 6, 1918 -- Call of the West -- A migrating people -- The best land under heaven -- Gray gold -- Snake heads -- California dreaming -- The bold plunge -- Wagons ho! April 1846 -- Farewell, April 14-... Read more
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xx, 455 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2017

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