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Author Rarick, Ethan, 1964-

Title Desperate passage : the Donner Party's perilous journey West / Ethan Rarick.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index.
Contents Journey -- Tribulation -- Salvation.
Summary In late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year's westward migration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb over theSierra Nevada Mountains, unaware that a fearsome storm was gathering force. After months of grueling travel, the 81 men, women and children would be trapped for a brutal winter with little food and only primitive shelter.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Donner Party.
Donner Party.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Rarick, Ethan, 1964- Desperate passage. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780195305029 0195305027 (DLC) 2007023761 (OCoLC)144330407
ISBN 9780198041504 (electronic book)
0198041500 (electronic book)
9781435638815 (electronic book)
1435638816 (electronic book)
1281163031
9781281163035
0195305027 (Cloth)
9780195305029 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)