Donner Dinner Party: Bigger & Badder Edition: A Pioneer Tale

Автор: Brown, Daniel James
Название: Indifferent stars above
ISBN: 0061348112 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061348112
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Автор: Blabey Aaron
Название: The Bad Guys Even Badder Box Set: Books 6-10
ISBN: 1338785982 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781338785982
Издательство: Scholastic
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Описание: SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM DREAMWORKS!

I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious! -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog Man

They may be scary, they may look bad, but they're...our only hope? Wait, is that right? YES! The Bad Guys are teaming up with some new friends to save the day, maybe even the world!

Join the adventure in the five next installments in the bestselling series, now in one even badder box set! Featuring: The Bad Guys in Alien vs The Bad Guys, The Bad Guys in Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?!, The Bad Guys in Superbad, The Bad Guys in the Big Bad Wolf, The Bad Guys in the Baddest Day Ever.

Автор: Charles River Editors
Название: The Donner Party: The Tragic Story of the Wild West`s Most Notorious Journey
ISBN: 1542768241 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781542768245
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Описание: *Includes pictures
*Includes accounts and diary entries made by participants about the journey
*Includes a bibliography for further reading

"Like fated trains of other epochs whose privations, sufferings, and self-sacrifices have added renown to colonization movements and served as danger signals to later wayfarers, that party began its journey with song of hope, and within the first milestone of the promised land ended it with a prayer for help. 'Help for the helpless in the storms of the Sierra Nevada Mountains '" - Eliza P. Donner Houghton, The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate

The westward movement of Americans in the 19th century was one of the largest and most consequential migrations in history, and for countless people back east, the West represented opportunities for adventure, independence, and fortune. Even in the 21st century, Americans look back on the era fondly, even romantically, and millions are familiar with the popular game that reignited interest in the Oregon Trail

Of course, it's easy for people with modern transportation to comfortably reminisce about the West, because many pioneers discovered that the traveling was fraught with various kinds of obstacles and danger, including bitter weather, potentially deadly illnesses, and hostile Native Americans, not to mention an unforgiving landscape that famous American explorer Stephen Long deemed "unfit for human habitation." 19th century Americans were all too happy and eager for the transcontinental railroad to help speed their passage west and render overland paths obsolete.

One of the main reasons people yearned for new forms of transportation is because of the most notorious and tragic disasters in the history of westward travel. While people still romanticize the Wild West, many Americans are still all too familiar with the fate of the Donner Party, a group of 87-90 people that met with disaster in the Sierra Nevada mountain range during the winter of 1846-1847. The party knew the journey would take months, but early snowfalls in the mountains left dozens of people trapped in snow drifts that measured several feet, stranding them in a manner that made it virtually impossible for them to go any further for several weeks.

Inevitably, as the Donner Party's supplies began to run low, there was little hope of acquiring new provisions high up in the mountains, and even worse, their location and the technology of the time also made it virtually impossible for relief expeditions to reach them. Due to exposure and lack of food, the health of many in the party began to deteriorate quickly in the tough winter conditions, and the animals brought along with the group died at alarming rates. Most of the men who set out to try to get help died en route, while the families back in camp tried to cope with dozens of deaths suffered by young and old alike.

As a few able-bodied people went for help, the people who remained back in their wagons resorted to the most desperate of measures in attempts to either stay alive or keep their children alive. Some members of the Donner Party fought with each other, occasionally fatally, and the journey is perhaps best known today for accounts of cannibalism. One member of the group noted in his diary in February 1847, "Mrs Murphy said here yesterday that thought she would Commence on Milt. & eat him. I dont that she has done so yet, it is distressing."

All the while, the plight of the Donner Party made news across the nation, even before the surviving members were rescued and brought to safety, and by the time the doomed expedition was over, less than 50 of them made it to California. As writer Ethan Rarick summed it up, "more than the gleaming heroism or sullied villainy, the Donner Party is a story of hard decisions that were neither heroic nor villainous".

Автор: McGlashan F. C.
Название: History of the Donner Party: The Ordeal of the Wagon Train of Pioneers in the Sierra Nevada Winter of 1846-7
ISBN: 0857069403 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857069405
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Описание: A tragic legend of the way West

The story of the Donner Party is a tragic and infamous episode in the history of the 19th century pioneer migrations that crossed continental America. In May 1846 eighty-seven pioneers set out westward from Missouri headed for new lives in California. Persuaded to take an allegedly quicker route through Utah and Nevada, by someone who had never travelled that route by wagon train, they attempted the so-called 'Hastings Cutoff.' The extra weight of the wagons slowed the party's progress and instead of reaching their destination by September they found themselves grinding to a halt in the Sierra Nevada mountains in November, with winter already upon them. As the temperature dropped and snow began to fall, the group took shelter around a small lake, but their supplies were running low. In December a party of fifteen men and women struck out on snowshoes in an attempt to reach California on foot; more than half of them died of exposure and starvation, the survivors resorting to cannibalism. The first rescue party found the remnants of the lake-side group huddled in its encampment in February 1847. Of the original party only forty seven survived to reach California, all in an advanced state of emaciation and most, it is judged, had by that time resorted to eating human flesh. The reports of cannibalism spread to the public at large and elevated this episode into a compelling horror story. The fascination with the story of the Donner Party, with all its macabre connotations, has endured to the present day.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

Автор: Hale Nathan
Название: Donner Dinner Party
ISBN: 1419708562 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781419708565
Издательство: Abrams
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Описание: The Donner Party expedition is one of the most notorious stories in all of American history, but it`s also a fascinating snapshot of the westward expansion of the US, and the families and individuals that sacrificed so much to build new lives in a largely unknown landscape.

Автор: Hale Nathan
Название: One Dead Spy: Bigger & Badder Edition: A Revolutionary War Tale
ISBN: 1419757261 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781419757266
Издательство: Abrams
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Описание: Experience the New York Times bestselling graphic novel--now as a deluxe, oversized edition featuring 15 brand-new pages of mini-comics

The Bigger & Badder editions of Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales continues

Nathan Hale (the author's namesake) was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being hanged by the British. In Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, author Hale channels his historical d ppelganger to present history's roughest, toughest, strangest stories. This book tackles the story of Nathan Hale himself, who was an officer for the American rebels in the Revolutionary War and was eventually hanged for spying. This special edition of One Dead Spy features a larger trim size, a deluxe package, and 16 pages of bonus material, including research photos, sketches, and mini-comics from the author.

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales are graphic novels that tell the thrilling, shocking, gruesome, and TRUE stories of American history. Read them all--if you dare

Автор: Hale, Nathan
Название: Underground abductor: bigger & badder edition (nathan hale`s hazardous tales #5)
ISBN: 1419762176 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781419762178
Издательство: Abrams
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Описание: Introduces readers to constructivist media decoding (CMD), a specific way to lead students through a question-based analysis of media materials - including print and digital documents, videos and films, social media posts, advertisements, and other formats - with an emphasis on critical thinking and collaboration.

Автор: Birch Peter
Название: The Big, Bad Book of Spanking Positions - 2nd Edition
ISBN: 1904086993 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781904086994
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Автор: Kane Jackson
Название: Bigger and Badder
ISBN: 1922359289 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781922359285
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She has three days to convince the world's most ruthless CEO to save her town. What will he want from her in return?

I became the youngest billionaire in history because I'm ruthless-Bigger and Badder than my competition. That's also why I know investing in this small town's football stadium is a waste of my time.

What I didn't know was that she was living here.

Judy is the girl who got away. I've thought about her for years-the night when we danced together... how she felt in my arms.

Now, I finally have a chance to make her mine. But doing so means going all-in on an investment that's doomed to fail.

And I never, ever fail.

Will she be the first person to make me?

This second chance love story has everything from a secret baby to a bad boy football player turned billionaire-badass. This full-length rebranded, edited, and published with Hot Tree Publishing, standalone has absolutely NO cheating and comes with a sexy, heart-wrenching HEA.

Автор: McGlashan F. C.
Название: History of the Donner Party: The Ordeal of the Wagon Train of Pioneers in the Sierra Nevada Winter of 1846-7
ISBN: 0857069411 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857069412
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Описание: A tragic legend of the way West

The story of the Donner Party is a tragic and infamous episode in the history of the 19th century pioneer migrations that crossed continental America. In May 1846 eighty-seven pioneers set out westward from Missouri headed for new lives in California. Persuaded to take an allegedly quicker route through Utah and Nevada, by someone who had never travelled that route by wagon train, they attempted the so-called 'Hastings Cutoff.' The extra weight of the wagons slowed the party's progress and instead of reaching their destination by September they found themselves grinding to a halt in the Sierra Nevada mountains in November, with winter already upon them. As the temperature dropped and snow began to fall, the group took shelter around a small lake, but their supplies were running low. In December a party of fifteen men and women struck out on snowshoes in an attempt to reach California on foot; more than half of them died of exposure and starvation, the survivors resorting to cannibalism. The first rescue party found the remnants of the lake-side group huddled in its encampment in February 1847. Of the original party only forty seven survived to reach California, all in an advanced state of emaciation and most, it is judged, had by that time resorted to eating human flesh. The reports of cannibalism spread to the public at large and elevated this episode into a compelling horror story. The fascination with the story of the Donner Party, with all its macabre connotations, has endured to the present day.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

Автор: Philbrick Rodman
Название: Stay Alive: The Journal of Douglas Allen Deeds, the Donner Party Expedition, 1846
ISBN: 1338719084 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781338719086
Издательство: Scholastic
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Описание: The Newbery Honor-winning author of Wildfire and Freak the Mighty brings to life the excitement, danger, and horrors of the Donner Party's journey west.

Soon we will eat the frozen cattle.... And then, when that is gone, what shall we eat?

Shall we eat the snow? Shall we eat the ice? Shall we eat the bark on the frozen trees?

What shall we eat?

Spring, 1846: Douglas Allen Deeds dreams of starting a new life out West. When the opportunity to join the Donner Party Expedition arises, he leaves the life he's known behind to set out on the nearly 2,000-mile trek from Independence, Missouri to sunny California.

But progress is slow. Brutal heat, poisoned water, and rough terrain slows the expedition down. Soon they have a choice: continue on the known but grueling trail, or take a shortcut that would cut 350 miles from their journey-but take them through unknown territory. Is it worth the risk?

Winter comes quickly in the mountains, and the wrong choice could leave them stranded in the Sierra Mountains when the snow comes, with no shelter, supplies, or food.

Автор: Donner Houghton Eliza P.
Название: The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
ISBN: 1532821514 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781532821516
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Цена: 11490.00 T
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