Sex and Death on the Western Emigrant Trail: The Biology of Three American Tragedies

by Donald K Grayson and Donald K. Grayson

During the winter of 1846-1847, members of the Donner Party found themselves stuck in the snows of the Sierra Nevada on their journey to California, losing many in their group to severe cold and starvation. Those who survived did so by cannibalizing their dead comrades. Today the Donner Party may be the most famous of American overland emigrant groups, but it was not the only one to face extreme conditions. Ten years after the Donner Party, two groups...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607816016
• ISBN13: 9781607816010
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"