What Was the Donner Party?, Ben Hubbard
What Was the Donner Party?, Ben Hubbard
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What Was the Donner Party?

Author: Ben Hubbard, Who HQ

Series: What Was?

Narrator: Greg D. Barnett

Unabridged: 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2023

Synopsis

The notorious true story of a group of pioneers forced to make impossible decisions when trapped in the mountains for an entire winter—part of the New York Times bestselling What Was? series, featuring 16 pages of photos.

In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures...including cannibalism. Theirs is a story of miscalculations, bad decisions, and extreme weather—but it’s also a story of survival and bravery among everyday people.

About The Author

Ben Hubbard is an accomplished nonfiction author for children and adults with over 130 titles to his name. He has written about many subjects, including space, the samurai, and sharks, to poison, pets, and the plantagenets. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in libraries around the world.Tim Foley's clients have included national and international magazines, book publishers and advertising agencies, such as The Wall Street Journal, Cricket Magazine, Barrons, New York Newsday, LA Weekly, Penguin Books, Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Reviews

Goodreads review by MissSusie

I found this one interesting because this is a tough subject but I found that they did a really good job of telling this story without going too gruesome in the descriptions it was more just matter of fact which I thought was very well done. Greg D. Bennett's narration was very good. I will be adding......more

Goodreads review by Becky

First sentence: In late October 1846, one last push was all that was needed. One last push for the men, women, and children to reach the mountain summit--its highest peak--and cross to the other side. Premise/plot: This is a nonfiction chapter book about the Donner Party. The book summarizes this tr......more

Goodreads review by Alicia

I don't think I've read something as approachable and focused-- but that's what the Who HQ books do. Either way, I feel like I know more about the overall goals of the FULL party of people who were traveling west, the decisions made (based on ego, shortcuts, and weather to name a few) and how the ev......more

Goodreads review by Viktoria

Another great book from Who HQ. The story was accurate to everything I have ever read about the Donner Party. In some areas there was more detail than generally found. For me, all of the names and camp locations get confusing. A group of maps (not even to scale, just sketches) would help keep track......more

Goodreads review by Ruth

Good book. I like these books; they give you the facts without a lot of information that might be more than I want to know. And this could have been a lot more gruesome, though I admire their will to survive.......more

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