The indifferent stars above
Subtitle: the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride
By: Daniel James Brown.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9780061348105
Subjects: Fosdick, Sarah Graves, -- 1825-1871; Brown, Daniel, -- 1951- -- Travel -- West (U.S.); Donner Party; Women pioneers -- California -- Biography; Brides -- California -- Biography; Pioneers -- California -- History -- 19th century; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Frontier and pioneer life -- California; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- History -- 19th century; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Genres: Biography.
Description: A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.