The perilous journey of the Donner Party
History, Frontier and pioneer life
Human-narrated audio
Summary
1846. Letters and diary entries describe twelve-year-old Virginia Reed and her family's journey by wagon train to California with the Donner clan. The group is stranded in deep snow in the Sierra Nevada mountains, and some desperate travelers resort to… cannibalism. Traces the survivors' remaining years. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1999.
Title Details
ISBN
9780395866108
Publisher
Clarion Books
Copyright Date
1999
Book number
2428948
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Kerry Dukin
Duration
4 hours 50 minutes 56 seconds
Audio producer
NLS