MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2008040646
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008 080922s2009 nyuaf b 000 0beng
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020 $a9780061348105
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050 00 $aF868.N5$bB838 2009
082 00 $a978/.02092$222
100 1 $aBrown, Daniel,$d1951-
245 14 $aThe indifferent stars above :$bthe harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride /$cDaniel James Brown.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bWilliam Morrow,$cc2009.
300 $axiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-337).
520 $aA chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived.
505 0 $aA sprightly boy and a romping girl -- The barren earth -- The meager by the meager were devoured -- In the reproof of chance -- Appendix: The Donner Party encampments.
600 10 $aFosdick, Sarah Graves,$d1825-1871.
650 0 $aDonner Party.
650 0 $aWomen pioneers$zCalifornia$vBiography.
650 0 $aBrides$zCalifornia$vBiography.
650 0 $aPioneers$zCalifornia$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aOverland journeys to the Pacific.
650 0 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zCalifornia.
651 0 $aSierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)$xHistory$y19th century.
600 10 $aBrown, Daniel,$d1951-$xTravel$zWest (U.S.)
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xDescription and travel.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2008040646-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2008040646-d.html