The Expedition Of The Donner Party And Its Tragic Fate

Author : Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
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Total Pages : 474 pages
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Download or read book The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate written by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1911 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eliza Houghton (b. 1843) was the youngest child of George Donner, one of two Springfield, Illinois, brothers who organized the ill-fated California-bound emigrant party that bore their name. Eliza and her older sisters were rescued by relief parties that made their way to the stranded travellers at Donner Lake, but their parents perished, and the girls were left to make their way alone in the West. The expedition of the Donner party and its tragic fate (1911) begins with Mrs. Houghton's account of her childhood and the family's tragic overland journey, and rescue. She continues with her life as an orphan, first at Fort Sutter, and then with a family in Sonoma and with her older half-sister in Sacramento. She describes the impact of the gold rush and new immigration on the area, farm work and domestic work, and her own education in public schools and St. Catherine's Convent in Benicia. She writes at length of the emotional scars caused by contemporary rumors of cannibalism among the Donner Party and offers full accounts of Donner family history as well as the background of her husband, Samuel Houghton. An appendix contains several documentary sources for the history of the Donner Party.

Author : Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
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Total Pages : 474 pages
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Download or read book The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate written by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1911 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eliza Houghton (b. 1843) was the youngest child of George Donner, one of two Springfield, Illinois, brothers who organized the ill-fated California-bound emigrant party that bore their name. Eliza and her older sisters were rescued by relief parties that made their way to the stranded travellers at Donner Lake, but their parents perished, and the girls were left to make their way alone in the West. The expedition of the Donner party and its tragic fate (1911) begins with Mrs. Houghton's account of her childhood and the family's tragic overland journey, and rescue. She continues with her life as an orphan, first at Fort Sutter, and then with a family in Sonoma and with her older half-sister in Sacramento. She describes the impact of the gold rush and new immigration on the area, farm work and domestic work, and her own education in public schools and St. Catherine's Convent in Benicia. She writes at length of the emotional scars caused by contemporary rumors of cannibalism among the Donner Party and offers full accounts of Donner family history as well as the background of her husband, Samuel Houghton. An appendix contains several documentary sources for the history of the Donner Party.

Author : Houghton Eliza P. Donner
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ISBN 13 : 9780259663331
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Author : Eliza Houghton
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ISBN 13 : 9781414292496
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Author : Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
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ISBN 13 : 9781536975192
Total Pages : 138 pages
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Download or read book The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate written by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Donner Party was a group of American pioneers who set out to California in May 1846. Unfortunately, due to several mistakes and accidents along the way, they were stranded in the Sierra Nevada during the winter. The group was stranded for over four months and had to go to tragic lengths to survive. The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate is a detailed book written by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton, one of the fortunate people who survived.

Author : Eliza P. Donner Houghton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781975798482
Total Pages : 560 pages
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Download or read book The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate written by Eliza P. Donner Houghton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-27 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the "westering fever" of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846-1847, some of the emigrants resorted to cannibalism. Although this aspect of the tragedy has become synonymous with the Donner Party in the popular imagination, it actually was a minor part of the episode. The author was about 4 at the time. The first part of the book accounts the tragic journey and rescue attempts; the last half are reminiscences of the child orphan, passed from family to family while growing up.

Author : Eliza P. Donner Houghton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265311493
Total Pages : 452 pages
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Download or read book The Expedition of the Donner Party, and Its Tragic Fate (Classic Reprint) written by Eliza P. Donner Houghton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Expedition of the Donner Party, and Its Tragic Fate Who can wonder at my indignation and grief in little girlhood, when I was told of acts of brutality, in humanity, and cannibalism, attributed to those starved parents, who in life had shared their last morsels of food with helpless companions? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780342143597
Total Pages : 460 pages
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Download or read book The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate written by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Eliza P Houghton
Publisher : Andesite Press
ISBN 13 : 9781298764904
Total Pages : 462 pages
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Download or read book The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate written by Eliza P Houghton and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Eliza P Donner Houghton
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
ISBN 13 : 9781297360701
Total Pages : 454 pages
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Download or read book The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate - Scholar's Choice Edition written by Eliza P Donner Houghton and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.