01706cam a2200397 4500 214790566 TxAuBib 20120301120000.0 080922s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008040646 9780061348105 0061348104 DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Brown, Daniel, 1951- The indifferent stars above : the harrowing saga of a Donner Party bride / Daniel James Brown. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow, 2009. xiv, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-337). Library Journal. New York Times. Kirkus Review. Provides an account of the harrowing experiences of twenty-one-year-old bride Sarah Graves after her family joined with the Donner party seven months into their journey to California in 1846, and, equipped with snowshoes constructed by her father, pressed on with fourteen other relatively young, healthy people in search of help after the travelers became stranded by a snowstorm. Adult. 20120301. Fosdick, Sarah Graves 1825-1871. Brown, Daniel 1951- Travel. Donner Party. Brides California Biography. Overland journeys to the Pacific. Frontier and pioneer life California. Women pioneers Biography. Pioneers History. West (U.S.) Description and travel. Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev) History.