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Desperate passage : the Donner Party's perilous journey West /
In late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year's westward migration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb over theSierra Nevada Mountains, unaware that a fearsome storm was gathering force. After months of grueling travel, the 81 men, women and children would be trapped f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year's westward migration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb over theSierra 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198041504 0198041500 9781435638815 1435638816 1281163031 9781281163035 9780199756704 0199756708 |