Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party
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The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
"WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!"
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The Hunger
Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere.
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Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted … -
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For centuries scientists have written off cannibalism as a bizarre phenomenon with little biological significance. Its presence in nature was dismissed as a desperate response to starvation or other l…
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