"A remarkably successful re-creation of the Donner Party's ordeal.
. . . A moving, persuasive, imaginative account."-- Los Angeles
Times
In Snow Mountain Passage, a powerful reimagining of our most
dramatic pioneer story, author James Houston tells the tragic tale
of the Donner Party through the eyes of James Frazier Reed, one of
the leaders, and his daughter Patty. In moving, riveting prose, we
follow this ill-fated group determined, at all costs, to make it to
the promised land--the California territory.
A proud, headstrong, and devoted husband and father, Reed and his
family travel in the "Palace Car," an enormous--and ultimately
cumbersome--covered wagon, thrilling to new sights and coping with
conflict and constant danger. Yet after a fatal struggle with
another driver, Reed is exiled from the party and heads alone over
the Sierra Nevada-the final mountain pass. Weeks later, the
remaining families arrive at the foothills where they are trapped
in the imprisoning snows. Slowly starving and freezing, for months
they battle to survive while Reed journeys across northern
California, trying desperately to find means and men for a rescue
party. An extraordinary tale of pride and redemption, Snow Mountain
Passage is a brilliantly and grippingly told story of history and
heartbreak.
"Snow Mountain Passage is in a class by itself. ... A dignified,
powerful narrative of our shared American destiny."-The Washington
Post Book World
"Powerful . . . The novel's clear and beautiful prose brings the
realities of the journey alive."-The Denver Post
"A clear-eyed view of humanity's heart of darkness."-The Atlantic
Monthly
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