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Index
Cover
Title
Contents
Author’s Note
Introduction: 1846
Prologue: Donner Lake, June 6, 1918
One: Call of the West
1. A Migrating People
2. The Best Land Under Heaven
3. Gray Gold
4. Snake Heads
5. California Dreaming
6. The Bold Plunge
7. Wagons Ho! April 1846
8. Farewell, April 14–15, 1846
9. Independence Bound, April 15–May 10, 1846
Two: The Journey
10. Queen City of the Trails, May 10–12, 1846
11. Indian Country, May 12–18, 1846
12. Soldier Creek, May 19, 1846
13. The Others, May 20, 1846
14. People of the South Wind, May 21–24, 1846
15. Alcove Spring, May 25–29, 1846
16. The Rhetoric of Fear, May 30–June 2, 1846
17. Ebb and Flow, June 3–7, 1846
18. On the Platte, June 8–10, 1846
19. Life Goes On, June 10–15, 1846
20. A Letter from Tamzene Donner, June 16, 1846
Three: The Promised Land
21. Change of Command, June 16–19, 1846
22. Chasing Mirages, June 19–25, 1846
23. Sage Advice, June 26–27, 1846
24. A Sense of Urgency, June 28–July 12, 1846
25. Parting of the Ways, July 13–19, 1846
26. The Donner Party, July 20–28, 1846
27. Betrayed, July 28–31, 1846
28. The Hastings Cutoff, August 1–22, 1846
29. The Fearful Long Drive, August 23–September 10, 1846
30. Race against Time, September 11–October 4, 1846
31. Blood Rage, October 5–20, 1846
32. Perseverance, October 21–30, 1846
Four: Out of Time
33. Snowbound, November 1846
34. Desperate Times, Desperate Measures, November–December 1846
35. The Forlorn Hope, December 1846
36. Camp of Death, December 1846
37. The Starving Time, January 1847
38. In Dire Straits, January–February 1847
39. Man on a Mission, January–February 1847
40. To the Rescue, February 1847
41. The First Relief
42. The Second Relief
43. The Third Relief
44. The Fourth Relief
Aftermath
Illustrations
Appendix 1: Donner Party Members and Affiliation with Group
Appendix 2: Relief Teams and Donner Party Survivors/Deaths
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Also by Michael Wallis
About the Author
Copyright
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