What was the Donner Party? /
Hubbard, Ben, 1973-
What was the Donner Party? / by Ben Hubbard ; illustrated by Tim Foley. - 106 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. - What was...? WHO HQ NOW .
Includes bibliographical references (page 106).
What Was the Donner Party? -- Westward Ho! -- Jumping Off -- Forts, Friends, and Foes -- The Hastings Cutoff -- Into the Mountains -- Snowed In -- Relief Parties -- History Remembers.
In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures,
including cannibalism. Learn about the many miscalculations, bad decisions, and extreme weather that led to the demise of nearly half of the Donner Party in this book for young readers about one of California's first major disasters.
3-6 900L Lexile
9780593520741 9781516070480 9780593520758 0593520742 0593520750 1516070488
2023020958
Donner Party--Juvenile literature.
Pioneers--California--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Overland journeys to the Pacific--Juvenile literature.
Donner Party.
Pioneers.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--History--19th century.
F868.N5 / H85 2023
978 HUB
What was the Donner Party? / by Ben Hubbard ; illustrated by Tim Foley. - 106 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. - What was...? WHO HQ NOW .
Includes bibliographical references (page 106).
What Was the Donner Party? -- Westward Ho! -- Jumping Off -- Forts, Friends, and Foes -- The Hastings Cutoff -- Into the Mountains -- Snowed In -- Relief Parties -- History Remembers.
In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures,
including cannibalism. Learn about the many miscalculations, bad decisions, and extreme weather that led to the demise of nearly half of the Donner Party in this book for young readers about one of California's first major disasters.
3-6 900L Lexile
9780593520741 9781516070480 9780593520758 0593520742 0593520750 1516070488
2023020958
Donner Party--Juvenile literature.
Pioneers--California--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Pioneers--West (U.S.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Overland journeys to the Pacific--Juvenile literature.
Donner Party.
Pioneers.
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--History--19th century.
F868.N5 / H85 2023
978 HUB