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Ordeal By Hunger
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Author : George R. Stewart
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2013-09-30
Ordeal By Hunger written by George R. Stewart and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-30 with History categories.
“Compulsive reading—a wonderful account, both scholarly and gripping, of a horrifying episode in the history of the west.” —Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 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.
Ordeal By Hunger The Story Of The Donner Party
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Author : George R. Stewart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
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Ordeal By Hunger
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Author : George stewart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975-09-15
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Author : George Rippey Stewart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
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Ordeal By Hunger
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Author : G. R. Stewart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
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Author : Stewart, George R
language : en
Publisher: New York : Pocket Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks
Release Date : 1978-07-02
Ordeal By Hunger written by Stewart, George R and has been published by New York : Pocket Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-07-02 with categories.
Desperate Passage
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Author : Ethan Rarick
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-02-04
Desperate Passage written by Ethan Rarick and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-04 with History categories.
In late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year's westward migration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, unaware that a fearsome storm was gathering force. After months of grueling travel, the 81 men, women and children would be trapped for a brutal winter with little food and only primitive shelter. The conclusion is known: by spring of the next year, the Donner Party was synonymous with the most harrowing extremes of human survival. But until now, the full story of what happened, what it tells us about human nature and about America's westward expansion, remained shrouded in myth. Drawing on fresh archaeological evidence, recent research on topics ranging from survival rates to snowfall totals, and heartbreaking letters and diaries made public by descendants a century-and-a-half after the tragedy, Ethan Rarick offers an intimate portrait of the Donner party and their unimaginable ordeal: a mother who must divide her family, a little girl who shines with courage, a devoted wife who refuses to abandon her husband, a man who risks his life merely to keep his word. But Rarick resists both the gruesomely sensationalist accounts of the Donner party as well as later attempts to turn the survivors into archetypal pioneer heroes. "The Donner Party," Rarick writes, "is a story of hard decisions that were neither heroic nor villainous. Often, the emigrants displayed a more realistic and typically human mixture of generosity and selfishness, an alloy born of necessity." A fast-paced, heart-wrenching, clear-eyed narrative history, A Desperate Hope casts new light on one of America's most horrific encounters between the dream of a better life and the harsh realities such dreams so often must confront.
The Literature Of California
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Author : Jack Hicks
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2000
The Literature Of California written by Jack Hicks and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Collections categories.
This text is the first volume of a comprehensive anthology of Californian literature. It is divided into four parts and contains material ranging from Native American origin myths to Hollywood novels dissecting the American dream.
Standoff At High Noon
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Author : Bill Markley
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-10-22
Standoff At High Noon written by Bill Markley and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-22 with History categories.
In Standoff at High Noon, the sequel to Old West Showdown, coauthors Kellen Cutsforth and Bill Markley again investigate ten well-known, controversial stories from the Old West. Through their opposing viewpoints, learn more about notorious figures and infamous events, including the controversial death of Davy Crockett at the Alamo; the life and death of Sacagawea who assisted Lewis and Clark on their Corps of Discovery Expedition; the tragic fate of the Donner Party snowbound in the Sierra Nevada; the assassination of Wild Bill Hickok; Arizona’s Lost Dutchman Mine; and the controversy over Butch Cassidy’s death in South America. No matter whose side you are on, there’s always something new to discover about the mythic Old West.
The Hunger
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Author : Alma Katsu
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2018-03-06
The Hunger written by Alma Katsu and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-06 with Fiction categories.
"Supernatural suspense at its finest...The best thing about The Hunger is that it will scare the pants off you."--The New York Times Book Review "Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark."--Stephen King A tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical moments: the Donner Party with a supernatural twist. Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the isolated travelers to the brink of madness. Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos. They cannot seem to escape tragedy...or the feelings that someone--or something--is stalking them. Whether it's a curse from the beautiful Tamsen Donner (who some think might be a witch), their ill-advised choice of route through uncharted terrain, or just plain bad luck, the ninety men, women, and children of the Donner Party are heading into one of one of the deadliest and most disastrous Western adventures in American history. As members of the group begin to disappear, the survivors start to wonder if there really is something disturbing, and hungry, waiting for them in the mountains...and whether the evil that has unfolded around them may have in fact been growing within them all along. Effortlessly combining the supernatural and the historical, The Hunger is an eerie, thrilling look at the volatility of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.