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- catalog abstract "At the beginning of November 1846 a party of California-bound emigrants was trapped by early snow in the Sierra Nevada. Despite their efforts to escape and the efforts of others to rescue them, by the following April nearly half the company had died of cold and starvation. Some of the emigrants had resorted to cannibalism to stay alive. Though this last detail has become synonymous with the Donner party, it was merely the culmination of a long series of events in which. Both human weakness and the forces of nature played a role. The story has been told many times and in many ways over the past 150 years until it has become something of an icon in American culture. On the other hand, professional historians have generally dealt with the subject only in the context of works on larger aspects of the westward movement. In the broader historical perspective, the disaster is of minor significance - it had little effect on subsequent events. Yet, if the effect of the Donner party on history has been slight, its impact on people has been profound. Since 1847 the ill-fated wagon train has figured in hundreds of works, not only histories and articles but also novels, short stories, juvenile literature, poems, plays, films, documentaries, even an opera and a ballet. Though the lurid fact of cannibalism is the Donner party's best-known aspect, the story's wide appeal cannot be attributed to mere prurience, for. Most of these works gloss over the horrors. Instead, the motivating factor appears to lie in the human story: unlike many epics of the American West, the Donner saga is not centered on the exploits of a few exceptional men who sought adventure but on families, on ordinary people caught up in an extraordinary situation. It is a dreadful irony that hopes of prosperity, health, and a new life in California's fertile valleys led some only to misery, hunger, and death on her. Stony threshold.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b9406864.
- catalog created "1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1996.".
- catalog description "At the beginning of November 1846 a party of California-bound emigrants was trapped by early snow in the Sierra Nevada. Despite their efforts to escape and the efforts of others to rescue them, by the following April nearly half the company had died of cold and starvation. Some of the emigrants had resorted to cannibalism to stay alive. Though this last detail has become synonymous with the Donner party, it was merely the culmination of a long series of events in which.".
- catalog description "Both human weakness and the forces of nature played a role. The story has been told many times and in many ways over the past 150 years until it has become something of an icon in American culture. On the other hand, professional historians have generally dealt with the subject only in the context of works on larger aspects of the westward movement. In the broader historical perspective, the disaster is of minor significance - it had little effect on subsequent events.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-307) and index.".
- catalog description "J. Quinn Thornton -- From Oregon and California in 1848 -- Lilburn W. Boggs -- Immigrants to California -- Mary Ann Graves -- Letter from California -- H.A. Wise -- From Los Gringos -- Eliza W. Farnham -- From California, in-doors and out -- J. Ross Browne -- From "A dangerous journey" -- Frances H. McDougall -- The Donner tragedy : a thrilling chapter in our pioneer history -- James F. Reed -- The snow-bound, starved emigrants of 1846 -- William McCutchen -- Statement of William McCutchen -- Francis H. McDougall -- The DonnerTragedy once more : reply to Mr. Reed -- W.C. Graves -- Crossing the plains in '46 -- Jacob Wright Harlan -- From California '46 to '88 -- Virginia Reed Murphy -- Across the plains in the Donner Party (1846) -- Edna Maybelle Sherwood -- Tragic story of the Donner Party -- Roster of the Donner Party.".
- catalog description "Most of these works gloss over the horrors. Instead, the motivating factor appears to lie in the human story: unlike many epics of the American West, the Donner saga is not centered on the exploits of a few exceptional men who sought adventure but on families, on ordinary people caught up in an extraordinary situation. It is a dreadful irony that hopes of prosperity, health, and a new life in California's fertile valleys led some only to misery, hunger, and death on her.".
- catalog description "Stony threshold.".
- catalog description "Yet, if the effect of the Donner party on history has been slight, its impact on people has been profound. Since 1847 the ill-fated wagon train has figured in hundreds of works, not only histories and articles but also novels, short stories, juvenile literature, poems, plays, films, documentaries, even an opera and a ballet. Though the lurid fact of cannibalism is the Donner party's best-known aspect, the story's wide appeal cannot be attributed to mere prurience, for.".
- catalog extent "viii, 317 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Unfortunate emigrants.".
- catalog identifier "0874212049 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0874212081 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Unfortunate emigrants.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Unfortunate emigrants.".
- catalog subject "978/.02 20".
- catalog subject "Donner Party.".
- catalog subject "F868.N5 U54 1996".
- catalog subject "Overland journeys to the Pacific.".
- catalog tableOfContents "J. Quinn Thornton -- From Oregon and California in 1848 -- Lilburn W. Boggs -- Immigrants to California -- Mary Ann Graves -- Letter from California -- H.A. Wise -- From Los Gringos -- Eliza W. Farnham -- From California, in-doors and out -- J. Ross Browne -- From "A dangerous journey" -- Frances H. McDougall -- The Donner tragedy : a thrilling chapter in our pioneer history -- James F. Reed -- The snow-bound, starved emigrants of 1846 -- William McCutchen -- Statement of William McCutchen -- Francis H. McDougall -- The DonnerTragedy once more : reply to Mr. Reed -- W.C. Graves -- Crossing the plains in '46 -- Jacob Wright Harlan -- From California '46 to '88 -- Virginia Reed Murphy -- Across the plains in the Donner Party (1846) -- Edna Maybelle Sherwood -- Tragic story of the Donner Party -- Roster of the Donner Party.".
- catalog title "Unfortunate emigrants : narratives of the Donner Party / edited by Kristin Johnson.".
- catalog type "text".