01700cam a2200313 4500 430747866 TxAuBib 180416s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 20-08040646 DLC TxAuBib Brown, Daniel. The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride / Daniel James Brown. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, 2009. xiv, 337 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. A sprightly boy and a romping girl -- The barren earth -- The meager by the meager were devoured -- In the reproof of chance -- Appendix: The Donner Party encampments. Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-337). A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived. BRIDES CALIFORNIA BIOGRAPHY. BROWN, DANIEL, 1951- TRAVEL WEST (U.S.) DONNER PARTY. FOSDICK, SARAH GRAVES, 1825-1871. FRONTIER AND PIONEER LIFE CALIFORNIA. OVERLAND JOURNEYS TO THE PACIFIC. PIONEERS CALIFORNIA HISTORY 19TH CENTURY. SIERRA NEVADA (CALIF. AND NEV) HISTORY 19TH CENTURY. WEST (U.S) DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL. WOMEN PIONEERS CALIFORNIA BIOGRAPHY.