Bibliograph

Across the plains in the Donner Party, Virginia Reed Murphy

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Across the plains in the Donner Party, Virginia Reed Murphy

Language

eng

resource.accompanyingMatter

libretto or text

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biography

Main title

Across the plains in the Donner Party

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Oclc number

191222966

Responsibility statement

Virginia Reed Murphy

Summary

The story of the Donner Party is very much the story of James F. Reed's family, not simply because the Reeds were prominent members, but because they left much documentary evidence: diaries, memoirs, correspondence and letters written en route and interviews shortly after the disaster. The adopted daughter of Reed, Virginia Reed Murphy's memoir is a noteworthy recounting of the Donner party disaster and its gruesome end. Her writing is sprightly, informal, and full of human interest

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