The Donner Party
By: Roger Wachtel.
Series: Cornerstones of freedom, second series; Cornerstones of freedom.
Publisher: Children's Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Donner Party -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Overland journeys to the Pacific -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.; Donner Party.; Pioneers.; Overland journeys to the Pacific.; Survival.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Recounts the journey of the Donner Party which, in 1846, sought to travel from Independence, Missouri, to California but took an untried shortcut that trapped them in the Sierra Nevada mountains during a terrible winter.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.