Tragedy In The Sierra Nevada
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Tragedy In The Sierra Nevada
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Author : B. Scott Christmas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-19
Tragedy In The Sierra Nevada written by B. Scott Christmas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-19 with categories.
The lurid story of the Donner Party - that unfortunate group of 19th century American pioneers stranded in the mountains and forced to cannibalize one another - has fascinated and horrified readers and television viewers for more than a century.Now, with clear prose and attention to detail, author B. Scott Christmas brings a brief but captivating overview of this seminal American tragedy to a whole new generation, from the pioneers' Illinois departure in 1846, to their rescue in the California mountains in 1847. Concise and highly accessible, Christmas's narrative is chock full of primary sources, from quotes, letters, and diary entries by survivors, to accounts from rescuers and journalists of the time.With a seamless combination of historical integrity and narrative readability, this brief volume will fascinate enthusiasts of American history, while serving as a valuable resource for students, teachers, and researchers.
History Of The Donner Party
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Author : Charles F. McGlashan
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2013-02-01
History Of The Donner Party written by Charles F. McGlashan and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-01 with History categories.
In 1846, a band of California-bound pioneers took a fatefulshortcut that left them stranded in the frigid Sierras— horrifyingly, some resorted to cannibalism to survive.Newspaperman Charles F. McGlashan, who interviewed survivorsand studied the party members’ journals, declaredtheir story “more thrilling than romance, more terrible thanfiction.” His gripping account reveals not only a stark tale ofdesperation but also many inspiring acts of heroism.Reprint of the A. L. Bancroft, San Francisco, 1880 edition.
History Of The Donner Party A Tragedy Of The Sierra
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Author : C. f. McGlashan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-12-11
History Of The Donner Party A Tragedy Of The Sierra written by C. f. McGlashan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-11 with categories.
One of the main reasons people yearned for new forms of transportation is because of the most notorious and tragic disasters in the history of westward travel. While people still romanticize the Wild West, many Americans are still all too familiar with the fate of the Donner Party, a group of 87-90 people that met with disaster in the Sierra Nevada mountain range during the winter of 1846-1847. The party knew the journey would take months, but early snowfalls in the mountains left dozens of people trapped in snow drifts that measured several feet, stranding them in a manner that made it virtually impossible for them to go any further for several weeks. Inevitably, as the Donner Party's supplies began to run low, there was little hope of acquiring new provisions high up in the mountains, and even worse, their location and the technology of the time also made it virtually impossible for relief expeditions to reach them. Due to exposure and lack of food, the health of many in the party began to deteriorate quickly in the tough winter conditions, and the animals brought along with the group died at alarming rates. Most of the men who set out to try to get help died en route, while the families back in camp tried to cope with dozens of deaths suffered by young and old alike. All the while, the plight of the Donner Party made news across the nation, even before the surviving members were rescued and brought to safety, and by the time the doomed expedition was over, less than 50 of them made it to California. As writer Ethan Rarick summed it up, "more than the gleaming heroism or sullied villainy, the Donner Party is a story of hard decisions that were neither heroic nor villainous".
The Expedition Of The Donner Party And Its Tragic Fate
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Author : Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01
The Expedition Of The Donner Party And Its Tragic Fate written by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with History categories.
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.
The Expedition Of The Donner Party And Its Tragic Fate
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Author : Eliza P. Donner Houghton
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-08-27
The Expedition Of The Donner Party And Its Tragic Fate written by Eliza P. Donner Houghton and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-27 with categories.
The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846-1847, some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism. Although this aspect of the tragedy has become synonymous with the Donner Party in the popular imagination, it actually was a minor part of the episode. The author was about 4 at the time. The first part of the book accounts the tragic journey and rescue attempts; the last half are reminiscences of the child orphan, passed from family to family while growing up.
History Of The Donner Party
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Author : Charles Fayette McGlashan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1931
History Of The Donner Party written by Charles Fayette McGlashan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1931 with Donner Party categories.
After a journey across the plains, about forty members of the Donner emigrant party died from starvation near Donner lake in Nevada county, California, in the winter of 1846-1847.
The Expedition Of The Donner Party And Its Tragic Fate
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Author : Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-08-09
The Expedition Of The Donner Party And Its Tragic Fate written by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-09 with categories.
The Donner Party was a group of American pioneers who set out to California in May 1846. Unfortunately, due to several mistakes and accidents along the way, they were stranded in the Sierra Nevada during the winter. The group was stranded for over four months and had to go to tragic lengths to survive. The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate is a detailed book written by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton, one of the fortunate people who survived.
A Branch Of The Sky
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Author : Steve Sorensen
language : en
Publisher: Picacho
Release Date : 2018-07-15
A Branch Of The Sky written by Steve Sorensen and has been published by Picacho this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The day he finished high school in 1967, Steve Sorensen began a fifty-year adventure in the southern Sierra Nevada. After learning to rock climb in Yosemite Valley, Sorensen went on to spend fourteen years working for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, where he became the leader of a backcountry crew, a skilled tree faller, an emergency medical technician, a wildland firefighter, a backcountry snow surveyor, and a mule packer. Working with park botanists, he developed new techniques for restoring damaged meadows, and his crews rehabilitated miles of eroded trails throughout the parks. Later he wrote the first two hiking guidebooks for the park’s frontcountry trails. Sorensen’s heartfelt tales of life in the southern Sierra Nevada are told with style and humor, both informative and touching at the same time. Though his blunt criticism of the National Park Service might anger some, many park employees will recognize the honesty and accuracy of his observations. A Branch of the Sky is infused with the love and respect Sorensen felt for his friends and coworkers, many of whom he lost to accidents and disease. How he made his peace with their ghosts is a unique and captivating story, beautifully told.
History Of The Donner Party
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Author : F. C. McGlashan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-08
History Of The Donner Party written by F. C. McGlashan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08 with History categories.
A tragic legend of the way West The story of the Donner Party is a tragic and infamous episode in the history of the 19th century pioneer migrations that crossed continental America. In May 1846 eighty-seven pioneers set out westward from Missouri headed for new lives in California. Persuaded to take an allegedly quicker route through Utah and Nevada, by someone who had never travelled that route by wagon train, they attempted the so-called 'Hastings Cutoff.' The extra weight of the wagons slowed the party's progress and instead of reaching their destination by September they found themselves grinding to a halt in the Sierra Nevada mountains in November, with winter already upon them. As the temperature dropped and snow began to fall, the group took shelter around a small lake, but their supplies were running low. In December a party of fifteen men and women struck out on snowshoes in an attempt to reach California on foot; more than half of them died of exposure and starvation, the survivors resorting to cannibalism. The first rescue party found the remnants of the lake-side group huddled in its encampment in February 1847. Of the original party only forty seven survived to reach California, all in an advanced state of emaciation and most, it is judged, had by that time resorted to eating human flesh. The reports of cannibalism spread to the public at large and elevated this episode into a compelling horror story. The fascination with the story of the Donner Party, with all its macabre connotations, has endured to the present day. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.
The California Tragedy
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Author : Jessy Quinn Thornton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1945
The California Tragedy written by Jessy Quinn Thornton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1945 with Donner Party categories.
Reprint of his account of the Donner party's disaster, first published in 1849.