The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny by Michael Wallis

The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny

Michael Wallis

496 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction historical history informative reflective slow-paced
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"WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!"In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped would be the most rewarding journey of a lifetime. B...

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