History of the Donner Party (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) e-bog

History of the Donner Party takes you straight into the most terrifying tragedy of American western emigration. "e;More thrilling than romance, more terrible than fiction, the sufferings of the Donner Party form a bold contrast to the joys of pleasure-seekers who to-day look down upon the lake from the windows of silver palace cars,"e; writes McGlashan.In 1846 the Donner Party emigrated across the American prairies toward California. A trip already fraught with adversity worsened when the decision to take Hastings Cutoff proved fatal. A snowstorm trapped close to ninety wagons in the Sierra Nevada, and those who survived divulged horrific stories.