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What books are written about the Donner party tragedy?
Here a several (from Amazon.com): # The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party by Marian Calabro (Hardcover - Mar 29, 1999) # Ordeal by Hunger by George R. Stewart (Paperback - Jan 30, 1992) # The Donner Party Chronicles: A Day-by-Day Account of a Doomed Wagon Train, 1846-47 by Frank Mullen (Paperback - Sep 1997) # Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party by Rachel K. Laurgaard and Elizabeth Sykes Michaels (Paperback - Aug 1989) # The Archaeology Of The Donner Party (Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in History and Humanities) by Donald L Hardesty (Paperback - Oct 18, 2005) # Snowbound: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party by David Lavender (Hardcover - April 1996) # The Donner Party (Disasters in History) by Welvaert, Scott R., Barnett III, and Charles (Paperback - Sep 1, 2006) # The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds : The Donner Party Expedition, 1846 (My Name Is America) by Rodman Philbrick (Hardcover - Nov 1, 2001) # 28 Used & new from $2.49 # The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton (Paperback - April 25, 2008) # The Donner Party: Weathering the Storm by Mark McLaughlin (Perfect Paperback - Jan 10, 2007) # Deceived: The Story of the Donner Party by Peter R. Limburg (Hardcover - Oct 1998)
Why did the Donner Party end in disaster?
They tried to take a shorter route to California but instead it took longer and was more difficult and that was their downfall. As Virginia Reed who survived advised - "Don't take no shortcuts and hurry along as fast as you can."
What went wrong at the donner party?
The Donner Party took off from Independence, MO too late. Back then, you didn't have any good transpertation system like we do now. So they had to rely on wagons. They couldn't take off too early because the grass was needed the horse/mule/oxen to eat. They couldn't take off too late because they wouldn't be able to cross the Rockys because of the snow. So the timing was very important. The Donner Party took off too late so they got stuck on the Rockys.
Which British singer died in 1999 on the day she was due to go to Buckingham Palace to receive her OBE?
Dusty Springfield.
Did the US agreed to leave Vietnam with in six months?
No, they agreed to leave with in a 60 day period.
Where were the donner party traveling to?
Sutter's Fort, California. Closest modern day town = Coloma, CA
What books are written about the Donner party tragedy?
Here a several (from Amazon.com): # The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party by Marian Calabro (Hardcover - Mar 29, 1999) # Ordeal by Hunger by George R. Stewart (Paperback - Jan 30, 1992) # The Donner Party Chronicles: A Day-by-Day Account of a Doomed Wagon Train, 1846-47 by Frank Mullen (Paperback - Sep 1997) # Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party by Rachel K. Laurgaard and Elizabeth Sykes Michaels (Paperback - Aug 1989) # The Archaeology Of The Donner Party (Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in History and Humanities) by Donald L Hardesty (Paperback - Oct 18, 2005) # Snowbound: The Tragic Story of the Donner Party by David Lavender (Hardcover - April 1996) # The Donner Party (Disasters in History) by Welvaert, Scott R., Barnett III, and Charles (Paperback - Sep 1, 2006) # The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds : The Donner Party Expedition, 1846 (My Name Is America) by Rodman Philbrick (Hardcover - Nov 1, 2001) # 28 Used & new from $2.49 # The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton (Paperback - April 25, 2008) # The Donner Party: Weathering the Storm by Mark McLaughlin (Perfect Paperback - Jan 10, 2007) # Deceived: The Story of the Donner Party by Peter R. Limburg (Hardcover - Oct 1998)
What day did the Donner party end?
June 1847 is the day that it ended.The month and the year is known ,but the date in the month is unknown.I had checked it in websites but it didn't say what date it ended.
What day does rockhopper leave clubpenguin?
Rockhopper leaves after the June 2010 adventure party.
Why did the Donner Party end in disaster?
They tried to take a shorter route to California but instead it took longer and was more difficult and that was their downfall. As Virginia Reed who survived advised - "Don't take no shortcuts and hurry along as fast as you can."
At what time were hawkeye and the party going to leave the cave the next day?
long before the sun came up
What went wrong at the donner party?
The Donner Party took off from Independence, MO too late. Back then, you didn't have any good transpertation system like we do now. So they had to rely on wagons. They couldn't take off too early because the grass was needed the horse/mule/oxen to eat. They couldn't take off too late because they wouldn't be able to cross the Rockys because of the snow. So the timing was very important. The Donner Party took off too late so they got stuck on the Rockys.
Im going on a school trip for a week its all been paid for but i leave on my mum's birthday what should i do?
On the day that you leave, leave a note for her saying happy birthday and how much you love her. The day before, throw her a mini party, bake a cake, buy a prezzie
How do you solve an argument that is so stupid to begin with?
Say the truth always. If the other party does not accept the truth leave it there. One day the other party will come to the recognition of the truth.
What is the party day of the Philippines?
everyday is party day! everyday is party day!
What was the coldest day in Springfield MO?
-9 F
Who participated in the Donner party?
The Donner Party consisted of 87 members who left Missouri on 12 May of 1846 bound for California who were trapped by snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Noteworthy members of the Donner Party included George (aged 62) and Tamsen (aged 42) Donner and their five daughters, Jacob Donner, (the older brother of George) his wife and seven children, James and Margaret Reed, Margaret's mother, Sarah Keyes and their two daughters, Patty and Virginia, a hired girl and a few male employees. There was Patrick and Peggy Breen and their seven children, Mr and Mrs Wolfinger, two fellow travelers called Spitzer and Reinhardt and their driver Dutch Charley Burger and Mr Hardkoop who accompanied them. Patrick Dolan traveled with the Breen family. At Black Forks Donner hired a replacement wagon driver and the McCuthen family and Jean Baptiste Trudeau (aged 16) joined the wagon train. There was a tubuclar man named Luke Halloran who was passed from family to family and grew sicker every day. Lewis Keseberg, his wife and daughter, a wagon train gemeral animal handeler named simply "Antonio", the Eddy family, and the widow Levinah Murphy with her clan of 13 round out the Donner Party. Sarah Keyes passed away before the disaster in what is now known as Donner Pass and a baby son was born to the Keseberg family along the trail.
