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Donner Party Explorers West (U.S.) Biography Fosdick, Sarah Graves 1825-1871 Fur trade West (U.S.) History 19th century Overland journeys to the Pacific Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration West (U.S.) History To 1848 États-Unis (Ouest) Découverte et exploration États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire Jusqu'à 1848Filter By Subjects
Donner Party Explorers West (U.S.) Biography Fosdick, Sarah Graves 1825-1871 Fur trade West (U.S.) History 19th century Overland journeys to the Pacific Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique West (U.S.) Discovery and exploration West (U.S.) History To 1848 États-Unis (Ouest) Découverte et exploration États-Unis (Ouest) Histoire Jusqu'à 1848Brown, 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: "The explosive true saga of the legendary adventurer Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men who explored the American frontier, written by New York Times bestselling authors of Blood and Treasure Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is the early 19th century, and the land recently purchased by President Thomas Jefferson stretches west for thousands of miles. Who inhabits this vast new garden of Eden? What...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2024