Author: Stewart, George R.,
Title: Ordeal by Hunger: the story of the Donner Party with a supplement and 3 accounts by survivors.
Description: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, (1988). 1st ptg thus. VG PB. The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 87 people set. out for California persuaded to attempt a new overland route. They reached the summit of the Sierras, only to be trapped by blinding snow & bitter storms. Many perished, some survived by resorting to cannibalism, all were subject to unbearable suffering. Top spine bumped.

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