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Michael Wallis

The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny

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WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped would be the most rewarding journey of a lifetime. But in eagerly pursuing what would a century later become known as the American dream, this optimistic-yet-motley crew of emigrants was met with a chilling nightmare; in the following months, their jingoistic excitement would be replaced by desperate cries for help that would fall silent in the deadly snow-covered mountains of the Sierra Nevada.We know these early pioneers as the Donner Party, a name th… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-63149-400-0
  • EAN: 9781631494000
  • Produktnummer: 24349339
  • Verlag: Liveright Pub Corp
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 496 S.
  • Masse: H20.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D2.3 cm 386 g
  • Gewicht: 386

Über den Autor


Michael Wallis, the best-selling author of Route 66 and Billy the Kid, has published eighteen books and won numerous honors and awards. He is a popular public speaker and a highly acclaimed voice actor. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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