The Donner Party Chronicles: A Day-by-Day Account of a Doomed Wagon Train, 1846-47

About this book

The Donner Party has become a tragic icon of the American march west. From Independence Missouri to Sutters Fort California the party endured almost unimaginable hardship and suffering. Author Frank Mullen Jr. gives us a day by day account of their struggle for survival as they journey across the trail west. The Reno Gazette-Journal and the Nevada Humanities Committee present Frank Mullens account of the Donner Party accompanied by hundreds of historical illustrations and Marilyn Newtons photographs of the trail today.