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100 1 _aBrown, Daniel,
_d1951-
245 1 4 _aThe indifferent stars above :
_bthe harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride /
_cDaniel James Brown.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bWilliam Morrow,
_cc2009.
300 _axiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-337).
505 0 _aA sprightly boy and a romping girl -- The barren earth -- The meager by the meager were devoured -- In the reproof of chance -- Appendix: The Donner Party encampments.
520 _aA 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.
600 1 0 _aFosdick, Sarah Graves,
_d1825-1871.
600 1 0 _aBrown, Daniel,
_d1951-
_xTravel
_zWest (U.S.)
650 0 _aDonner Party.
650 0 _aWomen pioneers
_zCalifornia
_vBiography.
650 0 _aBrides
_zCalifornia
_vBiography.
650 0 _aPioneers
_zCalifornia
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aOverland journeys to the Pacific.
650 0 _aFrontier and pioneer life
_zCalifornia.
651 0 _aSierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
651 0 _aWest (U.S.)
_xDescription and travel.
856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2008040646-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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