"The prize-winning novel in the voice of heroine pioneer Tamsen Donner who kept all her five daughters alive in one of the greatest tragedies in California history and in the record of western migration."
Winner of the Western Heritage Award for best novel from the National Cowboy Museum!
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Both now in paperback
"The literary equivalent of El Dorado — the lost City of Gold."
—MAUREEN CORRIGAN, NPR
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"Tamsen Donner's
tale will stay with you
long after you've read
the last page."
—Nancy Horan, author of Loving Frank
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"A perfect duo for bookclubs!"
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"A compelling memoir on balancing parenting and work, alongside a complete Donner Trail history with exclusive Donner låetters"
the back story
to the novel
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