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Unfortunate emigrants : narratives of the Donner Party / edited by Kristin Johnson.
LIBRA F868.N5 U54 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Donner Party.
- Overland journeys to the Pacific.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1996.
- Summary:
- A selection of rare early accounts of the 1846 emigrant party that was trapped in the winter snows of the Sierra Nevada, recounting their strenuous and conflict-ridden trail west; their experiences of starvation, death, and cannibalism; and the herculean but disorganized effort's of Californians to rescue survivors.
- Contents:
- J. Quinn Thornton
- From Oregon and California in 1848
- Lilburn W. Boggs
- Immigrants to California
- Mary Ann Graves
- Letter from California
- H.A. Wise
- From Los Gringos
- Eliza W. Farnham
- From California, in-doors and out
- J. Ross Browne
- From "A dangerous journey"
- Frances H. McDougall
- The Donner tragedy : a thrilling chapter in our pioneer history
- James F. Reed
- The snow-bound, starved emigrants of 1846
- William McCutchen
- Statement of William McCutchen
- Francis H. McDougall
- The DonnerTragedy once more : reply to Mr. Reed
- W.C. Graves
- Crossing the plains in '46
- Jacob Wright Harlan
- From California '46 to '88
- Virginia Reed Murphy
- Across the plains in the Donner Party (1846)
- Edna Maybelle Sherwood
- Tragic story of the Donner Party
- Roster of the Donner Party.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-307) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0874212049
- 0874212081
- OCLC:
- 34413492
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