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Wallis, Michael, 1945-
Subjects
Donner Party.
Pioneers -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.).
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- History -- 19th century.
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Wallis, Michael, 1945-
Donner Party.
Pioneers -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.).
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- History -- 19th century.
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The best land under heaven : the
Donner
Party
in the
age
of
Manifest
Destiny
/ Michael Wallis.
by
Wallis, Michael, 1945-
Liveright Publishing Corporation, c2017.
Call #:
978.02 W214b
Subjects
Donner
Party
.
Pioneers -- California -- History -- 19th century.
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.).
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9780871407696 (hc)
0871407698 (hc)
Alternate title:
Donner
Party
in the
age
of
Manifest
Destiny
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xx, 455 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: 1846 -- Prologue:
Donner
Lake, June 6, 1918 -- Call of the West -- A migrating people -- The best land under heaven -- Gray gold -- Snake heads -- California dreaming -- The bold plunge -- Wagons ho! April 1846 -- Farewell, April 14-15, 1846 -- Independence bound, April 15-May 10, 1846 -- The journey -- Queen city of the trails, May 10-12, 1846 -- Indian country, May 12-18, 1846 -- Soldier Creek, May 19, 1846 -- The others, May 20, 1846 -- People of the south wind, May 21-24, 1846 -- Alcove Spring, May 25-29, 1846 -- The rhetoric of fear, May 30-June 2, 1846 -- Ebb and flow, June 3-7, 1846 -- On the Platte, June 8-10, 1846 -- Life goes on, June 10-15, 1846 -- A letter from Tamzene
Donner
, June 16, 1846 -- The promised land -- Change of command, June 16-19, 1846 -- Chasing mirages, June 19-25, 1846 -- Sage advice, June 26-27, 1846 -- A sense of urgency, June 28-July 12, 1846 -- Parting of the ways, July 13-19, 1846 -- The
Donner
party
, July 20-28, 1846 -- Betrayed, July 28-31, 1846 -- The Hastings cutoff, August 1-22, 1846 -- The fearful long drive, August 23-September 10, 1846 -- Race against time, September 11-October 4, 1846 -- Blood rage, October 5-20, 1846 -- Perseverance, October 21-30, 1846 -- Out of time -- Snowbound, November 1846 -- Desperate times, desperate measures, November-December 1846 -- The forlorn hope, December 1846 -- Camp of death, December 1846 -- The starving time, January 1847 -- In dire straits, January-February 1847 -- Man on a mission, January-February 1847 -- To the rescue, February 1847 -- The first relief -- The second relief -- The third relief -- The fourth relief -- Aftermath.
Summary:
"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. Now, celebrated historian Michael Wallis--beloved for his myth-busting portraits of legendary American figures--continues his life's work of parsing fact from fiction to tell the true story of one of the most embroidered sagas in Western history..."--Jacket.
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