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What was the Donner Party? / by Ben Hubbard ; illustrated by Tim Foley.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, 2023Description: 106 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593520741
  • 9781516070480
  • 9780593520758
  • 0593520742
  • 0593520750
  • 1516070488
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 978 HUB 23/eng/20230607
LOC classification:
  • F868.N5 H85 2023
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

Includes bibliographical references (page 106).

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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.

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