The Indifferent Stars Above, (Paperback)

from SpongeBobFishpants

Well, I could not possibly have been more excited to receive this book! Having lived within just a few miles of the cabins I developed an intense interest in the history of the Donner-Reed Party when I was younger. I drove past it every day but never really thought about it until one day, out of ...

from MissMermaid118

History that reads like a novel. The story of the Donner Party is one that everyone seems to have heard but that few really know anything about. Today the only thing anyone really is aware of is the horrifying lengths members of the group went to in order to survive. What people don't realize is ...

from Donna828

What a honeymoon trip! Aching monotony laced with fear of Indians and the unknown. Sarah Graves Fosdick and her new husband daily faced the dueling enemies of dust or mud, drought or raging water, along with bone-tiredness, hunger and thirst, cold and heat, biting insects....well, you get the pic...

from karenthecroccy

Of course the subject matter was compelling -- who wouldn't want to read about a disastrous tale of settlers losing their way over the Sierra Nevada? I had learned a bit about the Donner-Reed party over the years, but had never read a historical account of the people who attempted the trip to Cal...

from khuggard

Often times I read history books and wonder how an author can make such an interesting subject sound so boring. That was not the case with this book. Brown wrote an engaging and interesting history about an oft-mentioned but largely misunderstood event. When he here about the Donner Party one of ...