DANIEL JAMES BROWN, THE INDIFFERENT STARS ABOVE: THE HARROWING SAGA OF A DONNER PARTY BRIDE

This riveting history opens in 1846, as the newly married SarahGraves Fosdick and her family load their possessions into 3 ox-drawn wagons inIllinois bound for California.  Among thelast emigrants of the season to head West, they are late getting started butfull of optimism.  History tells us therewas no happy ending to this story.  Browntakes the reader along on every step of Sarah’s desperate journey, weaving intothe story revealing insights from a variety of modern scientificperspectives.  The result is aspellbinding and richly informative tale. Daniel James Brown is also the author of Under aFlaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894. 

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

By Daniel James Brown

$25.99

ISBN-13: 9780061348105
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: William Morrow, 5/2009

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In this powerful story, Brown delivers an unforgettable portrait of the heroism, heartbreak, and horror of a pioneer family's perilous journey west from Illinois to California. b&w photo insert.

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