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Sex and Death on the Western Emigrant Trail : The Biology of Three American Tragedies /

"During the winter of 1846-1847, members of the Donner Party found themselves stuck in the snows of the Sierra Nevada on their journey to California, losing many in their group to severe cold and starvation. Those who survived did so by cannibalizing their dead comrades. Today the Donner Party...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Grayson, Donald K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • An introduction to sex, death, and disaster
  • "A great lamentation about the cold" : a brief history of the Donner Party disaster
  • Predictions of death
  • "A curious feature of the disaster"
  • "The heavens weep" : the Willie Handcart Company
  • "Cruel beyond language" : the Martin Handcart Company
  • Gendered death?