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Across the Plains in the Donner Party by Karen Zeinart,Virginia Reed Murphy is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Across the Plains in the Donner Party about?
The story of the Donner party's disastrous journey was first recorded in diaries and letters written along the way. After the trip was completed and rumors about the party's horrible experiences began to circulate, including shocking stories about cannibalism, newspaper reporters interviewed the survivors. These published articles grabbed the public's interest, and there was a demand for more information for many years to come.In 1891, James Reed's stepdaughter, Virginia, who was by then Mrs. J. M. Murphy, was asked by Century magazine to write an article about her experiences in the Donner party. Her story, “Across the Plains in the Donner Party,” is the most complete record written by a member of the party, and it is the foundation for the text that follows.Virginia's words in Part One are supplemented by letters Mr. Reed wrote to relatives in the United States as he traveled west. He sent these letters home with men he met on the trail who were returning east. News about people heading to California was in such demand in the travelers' hometowns that their letters were given to local newspapers for publication. Reed's letters appeared in several issues of the Sangamo Journal in
Who reads Across the Plains in the Donner Party?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Karen Zeinart,Virginia Reed Murphy
- Publisher
- SynergEbooks
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780744306927
- Category
- nonfiction
- Rating
- 3.35 / 5 (71 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14