Titre:
The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of the Donner Party
GVPL_EDITION:
First Mariner Books edition.
PUBDATE:
2010
2009
GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:
Boston : Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2010.
©2009
Description matérielle:
xvi, 337 pages, 17 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN):
9780061348112
Résumé:
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.
Note générale:
Originally published: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2009.
Includes "P.S., insights, interviews & more".
Table des matières:
Part one: A sprightly boy and a romping girl -- Part two: The barren earth -- Part three: The meager by the meager were devoured -- Part four: In the reproof of chance -- Appendix: The Donner Party encampments.
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LANGUAGE:
Anglais
