{"product_id":"the-indifferent-stars-above-daniel-james-brown-9780061774737","title":"The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An ideal pairing of talent and material. Engrossing. A deft and ambitious storyteller. Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 pioneers led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows of the season closed the pass ahead of them. In early December, starving and desperate, Sarah and fourteen others set out for California on snowshoes, and, over the next thirty-two days, endured almost unfathomable hardships and horrors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gripping narrative, New York Times bestselling author Daniel James Brown sheds new light on one of the most legendary events in American history. Following every painful footstep of Sarah s journey with the Donner Party, Brown produces a tale both spellbinding and richly informative.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel James Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061774731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061774737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.12h x 8.86w x 1.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/25\/2010 pg. 20\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel James Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988784775423,"sku":"9780061774737","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5bdb23fe-ad1c-4bc3-98cd-5f71babbdf45.jpg?v=1683296376","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-indifferent-stars-above-daniel-james-brown-9780061774737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}