Ordeal By Hunger

Award-winning author George R. Stewart''s history of the Donner Party is “compulsive reading -- a wonderful account, both scholarly and gripping, of horrifying episode in the history of the west" (Pulitzer Prize-winner Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.)The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people -- men, women, and children -- set out for California, persuaded to attempt a new overland route. After struggling across the desert, losing many oxen, and nearly dying of thirst, they reached the very summit of the Sierras, only to be trapped by blinding snow and bitter storms. Many perished; some survived by resorting to cannibalism; all were subjected to unbearable suffering. Incorporating the diaries of the survivors and other contemporary documents, George R. Stewart wrote the definitive history of that ill-fated band of pioneers. Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party is an astonishing account of what human beings may endure and achieve in the final press of circumstance.

Product details

• Authors: George R Stewart, George R. Stewart
• Publisher: Harper Voyager US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.1992
• EAN: 9780395611593
• ISBN: 978-0-395-61159-3
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; military history, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Local History, General and world history, North America (USA and Canada), Historical Geography, US West, US Midwest, HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: United States / 21st Century, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY: North America, HISTORY: AMERICAN WEST, History / American, History / American West