{"product_id":"the-expedition-of-the-donner-eliza-donner-houghton-9780803273047","title":"The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate","description":"George and Tamsen Donner and their children, among the very first to leave from Illinois, joined emigrants headed to California in the spring of 1846. Beyond Fort Bridger, Captain Donner led a large party through a much-advertised shortcut. Delays and difficulties caused them to be snowbound in the High Sierras, facing the grim specter of starvation and extreme suffering. Though only four years old at the time of the expedition, the captain's youngest daughter, Eliza Donner, would never forget the excitement of crossing the prairies--or the horror of that winter. Details impressed on her young mind were later substantiated by the recollections of her older sisters and other survivors. Her book, originally published in 1911, is an intimate and authoritative account of the Donner disaster. George and Tamsen Donner and those who shared their fate are fully humanized in the telling. Eliza also relates what happened to her and a sister after being rescued and what it was like to grow up in a world that turned the Donners into a grisly legend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eliza P. Donner Houghton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803273045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803273047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.35w x 1.06d","brand":"Eliza P. Donner Houghton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990364913919,"sku":"9780803273047","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_44008078-d4c0-4fde-9638-90d58ffad65a.jpg?v=1683304260","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-expedition-of-the-donner-eliza-donner-houghton-9780803273047","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}