01943cam a2200373 4500 553014014 TxAuBib 20101016120000.0 100604s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008040646 9780061348105 0061348104 (OCoLC)259754286 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP OCO EINCP JN6 JQF BWX CDX CGU UPZ JRS CQU Q2Z CO3 VP@ TxAuBib Brown, Daniel, 1951- The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride / Daniel James Brown. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, 2009. xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-337). A sprightly boy and a romping girl -- The barren earth -- The meager by the meager were devoured -- In the reproof of chance -- Appendix: The Donner Party encampments. 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. 20101016. Fosdick, Sarah Graves 1825-1871. Brown, Daniel 1951- Travel West (U.S.) Donner Party. Women pioneers California Biography. Brides California Biography. Pioneers California History 19th century. Overland journeys to the Pacific. Frontier and pioneer life California. Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev) History 19th century. West (U.S) Description and travel.