The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

Daniel James Brown

288 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction biography historical history adventurous reflective slow-paced

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In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of emigrants led by George Donner, they reac...

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