Death in the Donner Party

Death in the Donner Party
Author: Emily Rose Oachs
Publsiher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2016-08
Genre: Donner Party
ISBN: 9781512411157

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Explore the tragedy of the Donner party, a group of American pioneers trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains during the harsh winter of 1846-1847. Cause-and-effect analysis reveals how the decisions made by leaders of the expedition ended in disaster.

Death in the Donner Party

Death in the Donner Party
Author: Emily Rose Oachs
Publsiher: Lerner Publications
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2016-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781512411263

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In 1846, the eighty-seven members of the Donner Party left Illinois to begin a new life in California. Many pioneers made this journey, but the Donner Party faced delays and terrible misfortune. Trapped with few supplies in the snowy Sierra Nevada for the winter, what would the travelers do to survive? To understand the impact of a disaster, you must understand its causes. How did taking an untested shortcut affect the Donner Party's progress? How did multiple delays contribute to poor travel conditions? Investigate the disaster from a cause-and-effect perspective and find out!

Donner Dinner Party Nathan Hale s Hazardous Tales 3

Donner Dinner Party  Nathan Hale s Hazardous Tales  3
Author: Nathan Hale
Publsiher: Abrams
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2013-08-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781613125243

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The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It’s also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions that led to the party’s predicament in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The graphic novel focuses on the struggles of the Reed family to tell the true story of the catastrophic journey. This popular topic is a perfect addition to the Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales brand, and a great showcase for Hale’s storytelling skills. Praise for Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party "This informative graphic novel capitalizes on enticingly gross history to great effect, balancing raw facts with strong storytelling." --Booklist Awards YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens List 2014 New York Public Library’s list: Children’s Books list: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2013 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2014

History of the Donner Party

History of the Donner Party
Author: Charles Fayette McGlashan
Publsiher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1947
Genre: History
ISBN: 0804703671

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Reproduces the 1880 edition of McGlashan's text, which chronicles the experiences of the Donner Party, a group of pioneers who set out from Springfield, IL in April of 1846 and encountered tragedy when they were trapped by a snowstorm in the Sierra mountains.

The Best Land Under Heaven The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny

The Best Land Under Heaven  The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
Author: Michael Wallis
Publsiher: Liveright Publishing
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2017-06-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780871407702

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“A book so gripping it can scarcely be put down. . . . Superb.”— New York Times Book Review "WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!" In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped would be the most rewarding journey of a lifetime. But in eagerly pursuing what would a century later become known as the "American dream," this optimistic-yet-motley crew of emigrants was met with a chilling nightmare; in the following months, their jingoistic excitement would be replaced by desperate cries for help that would fall silent in the deadly snow-covered mountains of the Sierra Nevada. We know these early pioneers as the Donner Party, a name that has elicited horror since the late 1840s. With The Best Land Under Heaven, Wallis has penned what critics agree is “destined to become the standard account” (Washington Post) of the notorious saga. Cutting through 160 years of myth-making, the “expert storyteller” (True West) compellingly recounts how the unlikely band of early pioneers met their fate. Interweaving information from hundreds of newly uncovered documents, Wallis illuminates how a combination of greed and recklessness led to one of America’s most calamitous and sensationalized catastrophes. The result is a “fascinating, horrifying, and inspiring” (Oklahoman) examination of the darkest side of Manifest Destiny.

The Emigrant s Guide to Oregon and California

The Emigrant s Guide to Oregon and California
Author: Lansford Warren Hastings
Publsiher: Applewood Books
Total Pages: 157
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781557092458

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Published in 1845, this guidebook for pioneers is a reproduction of one of the most collectible books about California and the Western movement. It was the guidebook used by the Donner Party on their fateful journey. In addition, because Hastings' shortcut route through the Rockies produced such tragedy, the War Department commissioned The Prairie Traveler.

Deceived

Deceived
Author: Peter R. Limburg
Publsiher: Ipswich Borough
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Donner Party
ISBN: 1890988006

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Challenging readers to think about what they would do under the same circumstances, Deceived tells the true story of the infamous Donner Party, stranded in the Sierra Nevadas during a brutal winter, who resorted to cannibalism to stay alive. Includes maps especially created for this volume. Photos.

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
Author: Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
Publsiher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0803273045

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George and Tamsen Donner and their children, among the very first to leave from Illinois, joined emigrants headed to California in the spring of 1846. Beyond Fort Bridger, Captain Donner led a large party through a much-advertised shortcut. Delays and difficulties caused them to be snowbound in the High Sierras, facing the grim specter of starvation and extreme suffering. Though only four years old at the time of the expedition, the captain’s youngest daughter, Eliza Donner, would never forget the excitement of crossing the prairies—or the horror of that winter. Details impressed on her young mind were later substantiated by the recollections of her older sisters and other survivors. Her book, originally published in 1911, is an intimate and authoritative account of the Donner disaster. George and Tamsen Donner and those who shared their fate are fully humanized in the telling. Eliza also relates what happened to her and a sister after being rescued and what it was like to grow up in a world that turned the Donners into a grisly legend.