Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party [New Edition, with additions]
by Stewart, George R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good condition/No dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0395082269
- ISBN 13
- 9780395082263
- Seller
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. A solid reading reference copy. Good condition. Small nick to the top edge. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Subtitle: "New Edition, with a Supplement and Three Accounts of Survivors." From the Preface to the 1960 Edition: "In this new section I review recent scholarship, reconsider some controversial matters, and consider the impact upon the original work of two collections of Donnerana which have become available since 1936. Also added are three important original accounts which have not been previously published in a book designed for general circulation." Illustrated with 5 maps and a 12-page section of inserted illustrations (not included in the page count). Bound in the original silver-stamped gray cloth.. New Edition, with additions. Hardcover. Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xv, 394pp. + maps/plates. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
Synopsis
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.
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- Title
- Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party [New Edition, with additions]
- Author
- Stewart, George R
- Illustrator
- NOT a library discard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Edition
- New Edition, with additions
- ISBN 10
- 0395082269
- ISBN 13
- 9780395082263
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Americana;
- Size
- 8vo. xv, 394pp. + maps/plates
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