The Indifferent Stars Above The Indifferent Stars Above

The Indifferent Stars Above

The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party

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Publisher Description

From the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat and Facing the Mountain comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier

“An ideal pairing of talent and material.… Engrossing.… A deft and ambitious storyteller.” — Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review

In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of pioneers led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows of the season closed the pass ahead of them. In early December, starving and desperate, Sarah and fourteen others set out for California on snowshoes, and, over the next thirty-two days, endured almost unfathomable hardships and horrors.

In this gripping narrative, New York Times bestselling author Daniel James Brown sheds new light on one of the most legendary events in American history. Following every painful footstep of Sarah’s journey with the Donner Party, Brown produces a tale both spellbinding and richly informative.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2009
April 28
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
384
Pages
PUBLISHER
Mariner Books
SELLER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
SIZE
4
MB

Customer Reviews

Anthole in OC ,

Interesting

An interesting look that mixed narrative with non-fictional observations and research. Very good read overall!

Bodhiboy65 ,

The Indifferent Stars Above

It’s impossible to read this book without making comparisons to the similarly themed ‘BEST LAND UNDER HEAVEN.’ Yet they are as different as can be. Whereas James book — INDIFFERENT STARS…examines the bigger pucture or Gestalt’ of this set of events, the former is more of an evocative dramatization, focussed on breathing life and pathos into the characters.

Neither is the ‘better book.’ They actually each complement the other.
DAS

larlarjojo1 ,

Incredible

So beautifully written. I enjoyed every moment of it

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