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Daniel James Brown 
Indifferent Stars Above 
The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

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From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boatand Facing the Mountaincomes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier An ideal pairing of talent and material. Engrossing. A deft and ambitious storyteller. Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of pioneers led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows of the season closed the pass ahead of them. In early December, starving and desperate, Sarah and fourteen others set out for California on snowshoes, and, over the next thirty-two days, endured almost unfathomable hardships and horrors.In this gripping narrative, New York Timesbestselling author Daniel James Brown sheds new light on one of the most legendary events in American history. Following every painful footstep of Sarahs journey with the Donner Party, Brown produces a tale both spellbinding and richly informative.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 384 ● ISBN 9780061877254 ● Publisher HarperCollins ● Published 2009 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5639548 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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