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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,... Read Full Overview

Award-winning author George R. Stewart's history of the Donner Party is "compulsive reading -- a wonderful account, both scholarly and gripping, of horrifying episode in the history of the west (Pulitzer Prize-winner Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.)The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes... Read Full Overview

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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,... Read Full Overview

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,... Read Full Overview