History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra - Hardcover

McGlashan, C. F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0804703663 ISBN 13: 9780804703666

Publisher: Stanford University Press, 1940

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"Historians owe much to the patient industry of McGlashan, who brought together the facts of the tragic Donner episode. . . . McGlashan's work will remain the standard, as well as the pioneer, presentation of facts. The editors have made a notable contribution in their lengthy introduction as well as in the maps, editors' notes, and bilbiography."--The American Historical Review

"The author's account is still the best available on that famous expedition."--Lake Charles American Press

"One of the most important sources of information concerning perhaps the best known, because it is the most sensational and horrifying, episode in western American history. . . . The History of the Donner Party is a splendid piece of work."--Utah Humanities Review

"McGashan expended tremendous energy in amassing historical evidence about the tragic fate of the party. . . . The firsthand information endowed his writing with immediacy and vitality. As a description of what happened, the book stands alone."--Choice

"No book in recent years has given us so much pleasure as The History of the Donner Party, by C. F. McGlashan. . . . Seldom does a book written so long ago have the power of transporting one back through the years to that far-off day. But The History of the Donner Party does."--The Grizzly Bear Magazine

"This is a great item of Americana."--Saturday Review of Literature

"[History of the Donner Party] is now reprinted with excellent editorial notes and foreword by George H. and Bliss McGlashan Hinkle. Increasing its value for collectors of western Americana, the text is a photographic reproduction of the standard 1880 edition."--Salt Lake Tribune

"It remains supreme in its field."--The Argonaut

"An item of Americana in general and of California's history in particular, this is an account of a tragic episode in the vast westward migration of the 19th century. . . . A reasonable and authentic version. The lengthy introduction, the editors' notes, the maps and bibliography, contribute a great deal to the factual matter in the body of the works. . . . It is gripping and heart-rending and can be read by those interested in adventure as well as by the students of history."--Kliatt

"Though first published over 60 years ago, McGlashan's notable book on the Donner party has been in constant demand, and this facsimile republication, with definite bibliography, additional maps, photographs and notes, together with an extensive foreword on McGlashan by George H. and Bliss McGlashan Hinkle constitutes the finest edition yet offered. . . . [McGlashan's] book is still a source on one of the west's greatest epics, and is here presented in a thoroughly satisfying edition."--San Jose Herald

About this edition

• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication date: 1940
• ISBN 10: 0804703663
• ISBN 13: 9780804703666
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Hinkle George H., Hinkle Bliss McGlashan