ORDEAL BY HUNGER
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Amazing account of survival and heroism - by the pioneers and their rescuers alike.
From the back cover:
"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.
"Incorporating the diaries of the survivors and other contemporary documents, George Stewart wrote the definitive history of that ill-fated band of pioneers; an astonishing account of what human beings may endure and achieve in the final press of circumstance."
From the back cover:
"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.
"Incorporating the diaries of the survivors and other contemporary documents, George Stewart wrote the definitive history of that ill-fated band of pioneers; an astonishing account of what human beings may endure and achieve in the final press of circumstance."
Journal Entry 2 by flyingrhino at Keva Juice - 2320 S. Carson St., Just S. Of Lowe's in Carson City, Nevada USA on Sunday, August 12, 2007
Released 16 yrs ago (8/12/2007 UTC) at Keva Juice - 2320 S. Carson St., Just S. Of Lowe's in Carson City, Nevada USA
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Caught at Keva Juice on 395.
Good, but slow book about the Donner Party.
