""Across The Plains In The Donner Party"" is a memoir written by Virginia Reed Murphy, detailing her experiences as a member of the ill-fated Donner Party. The book chronicles the journey of the Reed and Donner families, who set out from Illinois in 1846 to travel to California. Along the way, they encountered numerous challenges, including harsh weather, difficult terrain, and dwindling supplies. Ultimately, they became stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where they were forced to resort to cannibalism in order to ...
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""Across The Plains In The Donner Party"" is a memoir written by Virginia Reed Murphy, detailing her experiences as a member of the ill-fated Donner Party. The book chronicles the journey of the Reed and Donner families, who set out from Illinois in 1846 to travel to California. Along the way, they encountered numerous challenges, including harsh weather, difficult terrain, and dwindling supplies. Ultimately, they became stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where they were forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. Murphy's account provides a firsthand perspective on one of the most tragic events in American history, and offers a glimpse into the hardships and sacrifices endured by pioneers on the western frontier.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Seller's Description:
Good. No dustjacket as issued. Size: 0x0x0; Limited edition of 1400 copies. Missing map. Shelf wear & fading to boards. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Text and images unmarked.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Navy blue linen covers w/gilt lettering to spine and gilt illustration of boot on cover. No publication date. Must be after 1943, looking at the bibliographies. Limited edition of 1400 copies. Spine is faded to grey, but lettering is readable. Almost no wear to cover. DJ is missing. Interior like new. Overland Route Map and 3 lithographed illustrations in map envelope. (A neatly printed statement of its location is on bottom of title page written by previous owner. ) Also a signature and 1966 date from same owner on pre-title page.
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Very Good. Limited edition of 1400 copies. Blue cloth, sun faded on spine. Gilt boot on front board. Title in gilt lettering on spine missing "The". Includes folding map of The Overland Route.
