Title: The perilous journey of the Donner Party
Description: Uses materials from letters and diaries written by survivors of the Donner Party to relate the experiences of that ill-fated group as they endured horrific circumstances on their way to California in 1846-47.
Subjects: Donner Party, Overland journeys to the Pacific, Survival, Pioneer children, Juvenile literature, History
Places: West United States, West (U.S.)
Time periods: 19th century