Hale, Nathan

Summary: "The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history. It's also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the United States, and the families and individuals who sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape. From the preparation for the journey to each disastrous leg of the trip, this book shows the specific bad decisions...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2013

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 979.4 HAL

Brown, Daniel James

Summary: A 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Perennial 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978.02 BRO

Summary: "You may: 1. Travel the trail 2. Work together to overcome calamities 3. Get at least one member of your party to Oregon 4. Stop to rest 5. Decide which of your friends will die of dysentery 6. Write your name on a tombstone What is your choice?"--Container.

Format: three dimensional object

Publisher / Publication Date: Pressman Toy Corporation 2016

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 6

Summary: A band of hardy pioneers, led by guide Breck Coleman, makes its perilous way along the Oregon Trail, braving bison, treacherous river crossings, blizzards and Indian attacks. Filmed in two versions simultaneously, each scene had to be shot twice, once for the widescreen process Grandeur in 70mm, and again for the standard 35mm version.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2012

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY WESTERN BIG

Dallas, Sandra

Summary: "It's February, 1852, and all around Chicago, Maggie sees postings soliciting 'eligible women' to travel to the gold mines of Goosetown. A young seamstress with a small daughter, she has nothing to lose. She joins forty-three other women and two pious reverends on the dangerous 2,000-mile journey west. None are prepared for the hardships they face on the trek or for the strengths they didn't...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2020

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC DAL

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DAL

Levine, Ellen.

Summary: Answers questions about what it was like to travel to the Oregon Territory by covered wagon, crossing rivers, mountains, and prairie.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1992

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 978.02 LEV

Micklos, John

Summary: "In the spring of 1846, the Donner and Reed families joined a wagon train bound for California in hopes of a better life. But when the party took an untested shortcut, it set them down a tragic path. As they crossed the Sierra Nevada, heavy snow fell in the mountain pass. They were trapped. Supplies were already low, and now they faced a winter of starvation. Told through the gripping,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J978 MIC

White, Arisa

Summary: Presents the life of a California ex-slave, nurse, and midwife, who started many philanthropic projects.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Heyday 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 MAS