Across the Plains in the Donner Party..., Virginia Reed Murphy
Across the Plains in the Donner Party..., Virginia Reed Murphy
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Across the Plains in the Donner Party

Author: Virginia Reed Murphy

Narrator: Colleen Delany

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/23/2024

Synopsis

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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Reviews

Goodreads review by Lois on December 27, 2018

Interesting if edited and dated: views, language, blatant racism. Otherwise somewhat limited first hand account written long after the events. Of historical value......more

Goodreads review by Margaret on October 10, 2022

This is a short but remarkable first-hand account of the Donner Reed Party. Virginia Reed was a child on the journey, and her perspective as a young girl, along with the details of how her mother worked to keep her many small children alive and sane, was fascinating. It reads like a darker Little Ho......more

Goodreads review by Pete on November 21, 2022

Interesting facts- Virginia Street off of 280 in downtown San Jose is named for the author. On the other side of 280 is Reed Street. I use to drive by these often when I went to SJSU. And Murphys in the Sierra Nevada foothills is named after her husband- John Murphy.......more

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