The Expedition of the Donner Party, and Its Tragic Fate (Classic Reprint)
The Expedition of the Donner Party, and Its Tragic Fate (Classic Reprint)

Author: Eliza P. Donner Houghton

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-14

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780265311493

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Excerpt from The Expedition of the Donner Party, and Its Tragic Fate Who can wonder at my indignation and grief in little girlhood, when I was told of acts of brutality, in humanity, and cannibalism, attributed to those starved parents, who in life had shared their last morsels of food with helpless companions? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate

Author: Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780803273047

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George and Tamsen Donner and their children, among the very first to leave from Illinois, joined emigrants headed to California in the spring of 1846. Beyond Fort Bridger, Captain Donner led a large party through a much-advertised shortcut. Delays and difficulties caused them to be snowbound in the High Sierras, facing the grim specter of starvation and extreme suffering. Though only four years old at the time of the expedition, the captain’s youngest daughter, Eliza Donner, would never forget the excitement of crossing the prairies—or the horror of that winter. Details impressed on her young mind were later substantiated by the recollections of her older sisters and other survivors. Her book, originally published in 1911, is an intimate and authoritative account of the Donner disaster. George and Tamsen Donner and those who shared their fate are fully humanized in the telling. Eliza also relates what happened to her and a sister after being rescued and what it was like to grow up in a world that turned the Donners into a grisly legend.

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate

Author: Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

Publisher: Alpha Edition

Published: 2021-10-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9789355341037

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The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate, is many of the old classic books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work is never forgotten we republish these books in high quality, using the original text and artwork so that they can be preserved for the present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Ordeal by Hunger
Ordeal by Hunger

Author: George R. Stewart

Publisher: HMH

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 0547525605

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“Compulsive reading—a wonderful account, both scholarly and gripping, of a horrifying episode in the history of the west.” —Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people—men, women, and children—set out for California, persuaded to attempt a new overland route. After struggling across the desert, losing many oxen, and nearly dying of thirst, they reached the very summit of the Sierras, only to be trapped by blinding snow and bitter storms. Many perished; some survived by resorting to cannibalism; all were subjected to unbearable suffering. Incorporating the diaries of the survivors and other contemporary documents, George Stewart wrote the definitive history of that ill-fated band of pioneers; an astonishing account of what human beings may endure and achieve in the final press of circumstance.

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate

Author: Eliza P Houghton

Publisher: Franklin Classics

Published: 2018-10-12

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9780342648818

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The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate

Author: Eliza P. Donner Houghton

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9781532821516

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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

The Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California
The Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California

Author: Lansford Warren Hastings

Publisher: Applewood Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 1557092451

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Published in 1845, this guidebook for pioneers is a reproduction of one of the most collectible books about California and the Western movement. It was the guidebook used by the Donner Party on their fateful journey. In addition, because Hastings' shortcut route through the Rockies produced such tragedy, the War Department commissioned The Prairie Traveler.

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate

Author: Houghton Eliza Poor Donner

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2016-06-20

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9781318713318

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate

Author: Eliza Donner Houghton

Publisher:

Published: 2017-06-04

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781547153190

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The Donner Party was a group of American pioneers who set out for California in 1846. Due to a series of unfortunate mistakes they ended up spending the winter in the Sierra Nevada which led to disaster. This book, written by the youngest daughter of the leader of the party, provides great details on the tragedy.