The best land under heaven : the Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny
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New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2017].
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Book
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First edition.
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xx, 455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Greenfield Branch - Adult Non-Fiction
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Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2017].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-436) and index.
Description
In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped would be the most rewarding journey of a lifetime. But in eagerly pursuing what would a century later become known as the "American dream," this optimistic-yet-motley crew of emigrants was met with a chilling nightmare; in the following months, their jingoistic excitement would be replaced by desperate cries for help that would fall silent in the deadly snow-covered mountains of the Sierra Nevada. We know these early pioneers as the Donner Party, a name that has elicited horror since the late 1840s. Now, historian Michael Wallis continues his life's work of parsing fact from fiction to tell the true story of one of the most embroidered sagas in Western history.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wallis, M. (2017). The best land under heaven: the Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wallis, Michael, 1945-. 2017. The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny. Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wallis, Michael, 1945-. The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wallis, Michael. The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, 2017.
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