The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga Of A Donner Party Bride

Author: Daniel James Brown

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  • : $28.99 AUD
  • : 9780061348112
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
  • : 01 June 2010
  • : 201mm X 132mm X 25mm
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  • : English
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  • : 384
  • : HB
  • : black & white illustrations
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A 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.


 

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