C. F McGlashan
Author
Pub. Date
[1947]
Description
C. F. McGlashan was the newspaper editor and publisher of the local daily in Truckee, California, the closest town to the Donner Pass. Over the course of an eighteen-month period, McGlashan interviewed the survivors of the Donner Party, gathered artifacts, and amassed an enormous amount of secondary information. He published his findings as serialized articles in his paper, which were later published in book form. Detailed and engaging, History of...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
In 1846, a band of California-bound pioneers took a fateful shortcut that left them stranded and starving in the frigid Sierras, where some resorted to cannibalism. This gripping account by a newspaperman who interviewed survivors and studied the expedition members' journals reveals not only a stark tale of desperation but also inspiring acts of heroism.