Donner Dinner Party

Author : Nathan Hale
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781613125243

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Donner Dinner Party (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #3) by Nathan Hale Pdf

In author-illustrator Nathan Hale’s Donner Dinner Party, discover the shocking and true story of the ill-fated expedition in this Hazardous Tale from the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series. “These books are, quite simply, brilliant. . . . Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history.” —New York Times In the spring of 1846, a group of families left Illinois and began the long journey toward a new life in California. To save time, they took an ill-advised shortcut—with disastrous consequences. Their story would not take them to California but into history. Bad weather, bad choices, and just plain bad luck forced the pioneers to spend a long, cold winter in the mountains, slowly starving. What they did to stay alive and the lengths that others went to in order to rescue them make this one of the most tragic and infamous stories of the American frontier. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales take young readers into American history with graphic novels that bring the dangerous, bloody, exciting history of America to life. The Revolutionary War and the Civil War, World War I and World War II, the Donner Party, the Marquis de Lafayette, Harriet Tubman, the Alamo, and more all come to life in a way that will excite young readers of history. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales! Read them all—if you dare! One Dead Spy: A Revolutionary War Tale (#1) Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale (#2) Donner Dinner Party: A Pioneer Tale (#3) Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale (#4) The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman (#5) Alamo All-Stars: A Texas Tale (#6) Raid of No Return: A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid (#7) Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale (#8) Major Impossible: A Grand Canyon Tale (#9) Blades of Freedom: A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase (#10) Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale (#11) Above the Trenches: A WWI Flying Ace Tale (#12)

Author : Lansford Warren Hastings
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9781557092458

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The Emigrant's Guide to Oregon and California by Lansford Warren Hastings Pdf

Published in 1845, this guidebook for pioneers is a reproduction of one of the most collectible books about California and the Western movement. It was the guidebook used by the Donner Party on their fateful journey. In addition, because Hastings' shortcut route through the Rockies produced such tragedy, the War Department commissioned The Prairie Traveler.

Author : Susan Sales Harkins,William H. Harkins
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781545750438

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The Donner Party by Susan Sales Harkins,William H. Harkins Pdf

Tells the story of a group of California bound American settlers who set out in the spring of 1846and became snowbound in the Sierra Nevadas during the winter of 1846 and 1847.

Author : Michael Wallis
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780871407702

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The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny by Michael Wallis Pdf

“A book so gripping it can scarcely be put down. . . . Superb.”— New York Times Book Review "WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!" In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped would be the most rewarding journey of a lifetime. But in eagerly pursuing what would a century later become known as the "American dream," this optimistic-yet-motley crew of emigrants was met with a chilling nightmare; in the following months, their jingoistic excitement would be replaced by desperate cries for help that would fall silent in the deadly snow-covered mountains of the Sierra Nevada. We know these early pioneers as the Donner Party, a name that has elicited horror since the late 1840s. With The Best Land Under Heaven, Wallis has penned what critics agree is “destined to become the standard account” (Washington Post) of the notorious saga. Cutting through 160 years of myth-making, the “expert storyteller” (True West) compellingly recounts how the unlikely band of early pioneers met their fate. Interweaving information from hundreds of newly uncovered documents, Wallis illuminates how a combination of greed and recklessness led to one of America’s most calamitous and sensationalized catastrophes. The result is a “fascinating, horrifying, and inspiring” (Oklahoman) examination of the darkest side of Manifest Destiny.

Author : Edwin Bryant
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : Fiction
ISBN : NYPL:33433081811766

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What I Saw in California by Edwin Bryant Pdf

Author : Nathan Hale
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781647007775

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One Dead Spy: Bigger & Badder Edition (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #1) by Nathan Hale Pdf

Experience the New York Times bestselling graphic novel—now as a deluxe, oversized edition featuring 15 brand-new pages of mini-comics The Bigger & Badder editions of Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales continues! Nathan Hale (the author’s namesake) was America’s first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country” before being hanged by the British. In Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales, author Hale channels his historical döppelganger to present history’s roughest, toughest, strangest stories. This book tackles the story of Nathan Hale himself, who was an officer for the American rebels in the Revolutionary War and was eventually hanged for spying. This special edition of One Dead Spy features a larger trim size, a deluxe package, and 16 pages of bonus material, including research photos, sketches, and mini-comics from the author. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales are graphic novels that tell the thrilling, shocking, gruesome, and TRUE stories of American history. Read them all—if you dare!

Author : Rodman Philbrick
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338692303

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Stay Alive: The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds, The Donner Party Expedition, 1846 by Rodman Philbrick Pdf

"Soon we will eat the frozen cattle.... And then, when that is gone, what shall we eat?Shall we eat the snow? Shall we eat the ice? Shall we eat the bark on the frozen trees?What shall we eat?"Spring, 1846: Douglas Allen Deeds dreams of starting a new life out West. When the opportunity to join the Donner Party Expedition arises, he leaves the life he's known behind to set out on the nearly 2,000-mile trek from Independence, Missouri to sunny California.But progress is slow. Brutal heat, poisoned water, and rough terrain slows the expedition down. Soon they have a choice: continue on the known but grueling trail, or take a shortcut that would cut 350 miles from their journey-but take them through unknown territory. Is it worth the risk?Winter comes quickly in the mountains, and the wrong choice could leave them stranded in the Sierra Mountains when the snow comes, with no shelter, supplies, or even food.Newbery Honor-winning author Rodman Philbrick brings to life the excitement, danger, and horrors of the Donner Party's journey west.

Author : Breanne A. Kirsch
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780786474912

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Games in Libraries by Breanne A. Kirsch Pdf

Librarians are beginning to see the importance of game based learning and the incorporation of games into library services. This book is written for them--so they can use games to improve people's understanding and enjoyment of the library. Full of practical suggestions, the essays discuss not only innovative uses of games in libraries but also the game making process. The contributors are all well versed in games and game-based learning and a variety of different types of libraries are considered. The essays will inspire librarians and educators to get into this exciting new area of patron and student services.

Author : Frank Mullen
Publisher : a Halycon
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 1890591017

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The Donner Party Chronicles by Frank Mullen Pdf

The Reno Gazette-Journal and the Nevada Humanities Committee present Frank Mullen's account of the Donner Party, accompanied by hundreds of historical illustrations and Marilyn Newton's photographs of the trail today.

Author : Ethan Rarick
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198041504

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Desperate Passage by Ethan Rarick Pdf

In late October 1846, the last wagon train of that year's westward migration stopped overnight before resuming its arduous climb over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, unaware that a fearsome storm was gathering force. After months of grueling travel, the 81 men, women and children would be trapped for a brutal winter with little food and only primitive shelter. The conclusion is known: by spring of the next year, the Donner Party was synonymous with the most harrowing extremes of human survival. But until now, the full story of what happened, what it tells us about human nature and about America's westward expansion, remained shrouded in myth. Drawing on fresh archaeological evidence, recent research on topics ranging from survival rates to snowfall totals, and heartbreaking letters and diaries made public by descendants a century-and-a-half after the tragedy, Ethan Rarick offers an intimate portrait of the Donner party and their unimaginable ordeal: a mother who must divide her family, a little girl who shines with courage, a devoted wife who refuses to abandon her husband, a man who risks his life merely to keep his word. But Rarick resists both the gruesomely sensationalist accounts of the Donner party as well as later attempts to turn the survivors into archetypal pioneer heroes. "The Donner Party," Rarick writes, "is a story of hard decisions that were neither heroic nor villainous. Often, the emigrants displayed a more realistic and typically human mixture of generosity and selfishness, an alloy born of necessity." A fast-paced, heart-wrenching, clear-eyed narrative history, A Desperate Hope casts new light on one of America's most horrific encounters between the dream of a better life and the harsh realities such dreams so often must confront.

Author : George R. Stewart
Publisher : HMH
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780547525600

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Ordeal by Hunger by George R. Stewart Pdf

“Compulsive reading—a wonderful account, both scholarly and gripping, of a horrifying episode in the history of the west.” —Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people—men, women, and children—set out for California, persuaded to attempt a new overland route. After struggling across the desert, losing many oxen, and nearly dying of thirst, they reached the very summit of the Sierras, only to be trapped by blinding snow and bitter storms. Many perished; some survived by resorting to cannibalism; all were subjected to unbearable suffering. Incorporating the diaries of the survivors and other contemporary documents, George Stewart wrote the definitive history of that ill-fated band of pioneers; an astonishing account of what human beings may endure and achieve in the final press of circumstance.

Author : Laurel Snyder
Publisher : Chronicle Books LLC
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781452150512

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Hungry Jim by Laurel Snyder Pdf

When Jim wakes up one Tuesday morning, he doesn't feel like eating his pancakes. In fact, Jim doesn't feel like Jim. He feels rather, well, beastly. But he is hungry. Very hungry....This clever and relatable tale of moods from Laurel Snyder and Chuck Groenink offers a lighthearted depiction of the beastliness that lives inside all of us—and the power we have to put it in its place. Surprising yet satisfying, this richly illustrated book brims with humor that readers of all ages will be roaring to devour.

Author : Charles F. McGlashan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780486287126

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History of the Donner Party by Charles F. McGlashan Pdf

This gripping account of the doomed expedition combines survivor interviews with diary entries to reveal not only a stark tale of desperation but also many inspiring acts of heroism.

Author : James Patterson,Chris Grabenstein
Publisher : Jimmy Patterson
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316431477

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Laugh Out Loud by James Patterson,Chris Grabenstein Pdf

Get ready to Laugh Out Loud (a lot!) with James Patterson's illustrated middle grade story of a twelve-year-old boy starting his own book company for kids. Jimmy loves reading so much that he's inspired to start a book company for kids -- run by kids. It's a big dream for a twelve-year-old boy. Some would even say it's laugh-out-loud ridiculous! But that doesn't stop Jimmy from dreaming even bigger! His company will be as imaginative and fun as Willy Wonka's chocolate factory . . . with a Ferris wheel instead of an elevator, a bowling alley in the break room, and a river filled with floating books! He just has to believe in himself and his idea (and maybe win the Lotto). In this hilarious story filled with clever references to children's book favorites, James Patterson shows young readers that anything can be achieved if you believe in yourself no matter what!

Author : Nathan Hale
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781647007782

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The Underground Abductor: Bigger & Badder Edition (Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #5) by Nathan Hale Pdf

A deluxe, oversized edition of the original Underground Abductor graphic novel—with 16 pages of new material! The Bigger & Badder editions of Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales continue. Araminta Ross was born an enslaved person in Delaware in the early 19th century. After years of backbreaking labor and the constant threat of being sold and separated from her family, she escaped and traveled north to freedom. Once there, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman. As an “abductor” on the Underground Railroad, she risked her life helping countless enslaved people escape to freedom. Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales are graphic novels that tell the thrilling, shocking, gruesome, and true stories of American history. Read them all—if you dare!