Learn about the treacherous journey across the Sierra
Nevada mountain range that isolated and trapped a group of pioneers
heading to California for an entire winter in this latest addition
to the New York Times Bestselling What Was? series. In the winter
of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the
Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra
Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies.
While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others
perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To
survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme
measures...including cannibalism. Learn about the many
miscalculations, bad decisions, and extreme weather that led to the
demise of nearly half of the Donner Party in this book for young
readers about one of California's first major disasters.
General
Imprint: |
Penguin Workshop
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
What Was? |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Ben Hubbard
• Who Hq
|
Illustrators: |
Tim Foley
|
Dimensions: |
194 x 135 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
112 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-593-52074-1 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-593-52074-2 |
Barcode: |
9780593520741 |
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