Expedition of the Donner Party

1911. Illustrated. A captivating account of the period when American civilization first crossed its mountain heights and entered its overland gateways written by the daughter of the Captain of the ill-fated Donner Party. She writes: And I, a child then, scarcely four years of age, was too young to do more than watch and suffer with other children the lesser privations of our snow-beleaguered camp; and with them survive, because the fathers and mothers hungered in order that the children might live.Houghton, Eliza P. Donner is the author of 'Expedition of the Donner Party' with ISBN 9781417908318 and ISBN 1417908319.