THE DONNER PARTY CHRONICLES, by Frank Mullen, Jr.

Oversized 10 x 8 format, 379 pp., illus. Tracks the daily progress of the famous Donner Party of 1846. Mullen’s account is interspersed with line drawings, photos, maps, and numerous excerpts from emigrant diaries of 1849-50. The trek westward from Missouri is recounted, emphasizing the route over the Hastings Cutoff, through northern Nevada, and into California over the present Donner Pass. Many color photos show monuments, inscriptions, scenery.

FEARFUL CROSSING, by Harold Curran

212 pp., large 8-1/2 x 11 format, illus. Describes the development of the emigrant trail through Nevada. Extensive quotes from emigrant journals give intimate insights into daily emigrant living: trouble with Indians, feeding animals, fighting, deaths, food preparation, etc. Curran gives personal insights into problems of travel over difficult terrain. Includes the Applegate cutoff. Paperback.

THE EMIGRANTS PASSED THIS WAY, by Everett Harris

152 pages, illus., maps. The author traces the history of the California Trail from the Midwest, with special emphasis on Nevada westward to the Sierra. Color cover.

THE MORMON TRAIL, VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, by Stanley Kimball

Coverage extends from the Missouri River (Council Bluffs) to the valley of the Great Salt Lake.

PRAIRIE SCHOONER DETOURS, by Irene Paden

295 pp., illus., maps. The author describes the Hastings cut-off, on which the Donner party delayed long enough that many perished in the Sierra in 1846. Equally treacherous was the Lassen cut-off.

OREGON TRAIL, VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, by Dan Murphy

64 pp., 9 x 12. Maps. Author describes the 2,000 mile journey from Missouri to Oregon. Diary extracts are interspersed with lively text and 90 captioned color photographs of river crossings, high mountains, buffalo, and flower-studded valleys. Maps.

EMIGRANT TRAILS, THE LONG ROAD TO CALIFORNIA, by Marshall Fey, Joe King andJack Lepisto

224 pp. illus, maps historicand modern. After a l6-pages of color maps and art relating to the ’49ers, the book then describes three emigrant routes through western Nevada into eastern California along the Humboldt, Truckee and Carson rivers. Photos and directions with maps show locations of 72 “T”-shaped trail markers. This volume includes essays, about the Donner Party, and other events and places along the routes. Various trail hikes adjacent to I-80 and US 50 are included. Color cover. paperback, Retail only.

GHOST TRAILS TO CALIFORNIA, by Thomas Hunt

228 pp., large 8-1/2 x 11 format, illus. Covers all emigrant routes over the Sierra. A portfolio of maps, together with 160 color pictures, trace the routes. Cloth
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THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL, VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, by Charles H. Dodd

64 pp., 9 x 12. This book is largely concerned with the crossing through northern Nevada along the Humboldt River, especially the crucial Applegate-Lassen cutoff. Diary excerpts augment the text. Other crossings include the Sonora Route, Mormon-Carson, Stevens-Donner, Beckwourth, and Nobles. Catches the spirit of the 49ers both in the text and 60 color photos. Maps.

THE PONY EXPRESS IN NEVADA, by Dorothy Mason

88 pp., illus., maps. The author has assembled the finest treatment of the Pony Express as it relates to Nevada. There is an accurate history of each Nevada station.

COVERED WAGON ROADS TO THE AMERICAN WEST, by Gregory Franzwa

This color map details a score of trails and rivers, all west of Missouri and Iowa; starting points for most trails. Folded.

PONY EXPRESS, VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, by Anthony Godfrey

64 pp., 58 color illus., maps. The Pony Express of 1860-61 united the American coasts. Pony riders, station-keepers and financiers, etc.

WAGON TRACKS, George Harter’s 1864 Journey to California, Robert Harter

130 pp., maps, sources. Here is an account of one of the last emigrant treks through northern Nevada. In modern times, and with the family car, the editor retraces the earlier route followed by George Harter.

The Archaeology Of The Donner Party, Donald L. Hardesty

The Archaeology of the Donner Party offers a new interpretation of the history of the Donner Party, based on the careful analysis of recently discovered artifacts. By supplementing the documentary record with the fruits of their scientific interpretation of physical remains, Hardesty and his colleagues not only provide exciting new information about the Donner Party but suggest promising avenues for further research.

ORDEAL BY HUNGER: The Story of the Donner Party by George R. Stewart

The tragedy of the Donner party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of the American West. In 1846 eighty-seven people -- men, women, and children -- set out for California, persuaded to attempt a new overland route. After struggling across the desert, losing many oxen, and nearly dying of thirst, they reached the very summit of the Sierras, only to be trapped by blinding snow and bitter storms. Many perished; some survived by resorting to cannibalism; all were subjected to unbearable suffering. Incorporating the diaries of the survivors and other contemporary documents, George Stewart wrote the definitive history of that ill-fated band of pioneers; an astonishing account of what human beings may endure and achieve in the final press of circumstance.