Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 206 Houghton, Eliza Poor Donner Donner, Eliza Poor The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Dave Morgan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate" by Eliza P. Donner Houghton is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the harrowing journey of the Donner Party, a group of American pioneers who set out for California in 1846 with hope and ambition, only to face unimaginable hardship and tragedy as they became snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The narrative is drawn from personal recollections, presenting a unique perspective as the author, a child survivor, reflects on her family's experience amidst the larger historical context of westward expansion. The opening of the book introduces the author’s personal connection to the epic tale, recounting her early memories of the Donner Party, led by her father, George Donner. It sets the stage with rich descriptions of the time, illustrating the hopes of the pioneers who embarked on a quest for a better life while foreshadowing the grim reality they would face. It details the preparations for the journey, the forging of community ties, and the excitement of embarking on an adventure that would soon turn to despair as they encountered challenges such as treacherous weather, scarce provisions, and dire moral dilemmas. Houghton’s poignant recollections blend personal and collective memory, paving the way for a powerful account of survival against overwhelming odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Donner Party Overland journeys to the Pacific F850.5 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Travel & Geography 722302 676967 2024-10-05T08:21:05.509171 2023-10-05T08:23:29.065709 text/html text/html 650998 2013-03-06T10:55:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1884182 2013-03-06T10:56:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1811575 2024-10-05T08:21:19.920053 application/epub+zip 1824268 2024-10-05T08:21:10.189187 application/epub+zip 330994 2024-10-05T08:21:08.273128 application/epub+zip 2190430 2024-10-05T08:21:27.272017 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2098376 2024-10-05T08:21:18.470083 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 579810 2022-09-05T11:53:35.909504 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 571459 571407 2024-10-05T08:21:02.742175 2023-10-05T08:23:27.033694 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 572792 2005-04-25T00:00:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 225416 2013-03-06T10:56:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 572786 2005-04-25T00:00:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 225345 2013-03-06T10:56:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21193 2024-10-05T08:21:27.746002 application/rdf+xml 21752 2024-10-05T08:21:09.022104 image/jpeg 4497 2024-10-05T08:21:08.706122 image/jpeg 2421226 2024-10-05T08:21:05.712168 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog