The Donner Party
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Published: |
Children's Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Cornerstones of freedom, second series |
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Carrier Form: | 48 p.: col. ill.., col. map ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780531208328 (pbk.) 053120832X (pbk.) |
Index Number: | K837 |
CLC: | K837.128.9-49 |
Call Number: | K837.128.9-49/W114 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index. Recounts the journey of the Donner Party which, in 1846, sought to travel from Independence, Missouri, to California but took an untried shortcut that trapped them in the Sierra Nevada mountains during a terrible winter. |