The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate

a moving tragic true story

jaded_grl

most of the readers did a fantastic job, there is one chapter of 7 minutes reading that has an annoying buzz in the background. the book starts quickly into the wagons moving west and it does not concentrate on the snowed in the Sierra Nevada part for very long. most of the book is about the young donner's girl after the tragedy growing up as an orphan. then at the end of the book she returns to the events of the trapped donner party. if you are looking for sensational tales of cannibalism, there are none. she only lightly refers to two cases of it and does not dwell on it. the appendix does contain pieces of other articles and statements of murder and preferences of human meat of animals, but the writer does a good job of making a case against the most fantastic claims. such a sad moving story, makes me wish i had a time machine to go help those people!

short stuff

This is a worthwhile book to read. I have read as much about the Donner Party as possible and really enjoyed listening to this audiobook presented by Librivox. It is also a history book. Don't read fof entertainment because you might be disappointed. It has some grisly facts but bears record w other books I've read. How very tragic.