Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

Title: Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Author: Daniel James Brown ISBN: 9780061348112 Publisher: Mariner Books Published: 2015 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good H 1628379 Publisher Description: From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier "An ideal pairing of talent and material. ... Engrossing. ... A deft and ambitious storyteller." -- Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review 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 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 Decem