The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate: A Survivor's True Account of America's Most Harrowing Pioneer Journey - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Eliza P. Donner Houghton, Ross A. Rojek (Editor)Series:California History #1Publish date:5/27/2025Pages:362
Language:EnglishPublisher:Capital Books PressISBN-13:9781967659005ISBN-10:1967659001UPC:9781967659005Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Adventurers & Explorers, United States, SurvivalBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.0714Product ID:SC067DK52P
The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate: A Survivor's True Account of America's Most Harrowing Pioneer Journey
The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate is a powerful first-person account of one of the most infamous tragedies in American pioneer history, written by Eliza P. Donner Houghton, who was just a young child during the ordeal. The Donner Party set out in 1846 to reach California, lured by promises of a better life and misled by poor guidance. After taking an untested shortcut known...
Series: California History #1
Language:EnglishPublisher:Capital Books PressISBN-13:9781967659005ISBN-10:1967659001UPC:9781967659005Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Adventurers & Explorers, United States, SurvivalBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.0714Product ID:SC067DK52P
Donner Houghton, Eliza P.: - Eliza Poor Donner Houghton (1843-1922 ) was the youngest child of George Donner, one of two Springfield, Illinois, brothers who organized the ill-fated California-bound emigrant party that bore their name. Eliza and her older sisters were rescued by relief parties that made their way to the stranded travelers at Donner Lake, but their parents perished, and the girls...
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