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

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"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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Grayson, Donald K. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
James G. Willie Emigrating Company.
Edward Martin Emigrating Company.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Mortality > Sex differences.
Mortality.
Mormon pioneers.
Mormon handcart companies.
Donner Party.
Disaster victims.
Biometry.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
biometrics.
Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique.
Groupe Donner.
Biometrie.
Mortalite > Statistiques.
Pionniers mormons > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Biometry
Mormon pioneers > United States > History > 19th century.
Disaster victims > West (U.S.)
Mortality > Statistics.
West United States.
United States.
Statistics.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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?

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