George R. Stewart

Ordeal by Hunger

The Story of the Donner Party

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Compulsive reading-a wonderful account, both scholarly and gripping, of a horrifying episode in the history of the west. -Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 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, and nearly dying of thirst, they reached the very summit of the Sierras, only to be trapped by blinding snow and bitter storms. Many perished; some survived by resorting to cannibalism; all were subjected to unbearable suffering.… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-547-52560-0
EAN: 9780547525600
Produktnummer: 27880447
Verlag: Mariner Books
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 416 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 14'764 KB

Über den Autor

George R. Stewart (1895-1980) taught for more than fifty years at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Pickett's Charge, Earth Abides, and numerous other books of history, biography, and fiction.