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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride (P.S.)

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作者: 著
出版社: HarperCollins US
2010-06
ISBN: 9780061348112
定价: 126.00
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 384页
正文语种: 英语
丛书: P.S.
分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>历史
  • InAprilof1846,SarahGraveswastwenty-oneandinlovewithayoungmanwhoplayedtheviolin.Butshewastorn.Hermother,father,andeightsiblingswereabouttodisappearoverthewesternhorizonforever,boundforCalifornia.Sarahcouldnotbeartoseethemgooutofherlife,andsodaysbeforetheplanneddepartureshemarriedtheyoungmanwiththeviolin,andthetwoofthemthrewtheirlotinwiththerestofSarah'sfamily.OnApril12,theyrolledoutoftheyardoftheirhomesteadinthreeox-drawnwagons.
    Sevenmonthslater,afterjoiningapartyofemigrantsledbyGeorgeDonner,SarahandherfamilyarrivedatTruckeeLakeintheSierraNevadaMountainsjustasthefirstheavysnowsoftheseasonclosedthepassaheadofthem.Afteraseriesofdesperateattemptstocrossthemountains,thepartyimprovisedcabinsandslaughteredwhatremainedoftheiremaciatedlivestock.ByearlyDecembertheywerebeginningtostarve.
    Sarah'sfather,aVermonter,wastheonlymemberofthepartyfamiliarwithsnowshoes.Underhisinstruction,fifteensetsofsnowshoeswerehastilyconstructedfromoxbowsandrawhide,andonDecember15,Sarahandfourteenotherrelativelyyoung,healthypeoplesetoutforCaliforniaonfoot,hopingtogetrelieffortheothers.Overthenextthirty-twodaystheyenduredalmostunfathomablehardshipsandhorrors.
    Inthisgrippingnarrative,DanielJamesBrowntakesthereaderalongoneverypainfulfootstepofSarah'sjourney.Alongtheway,heweavesintothestoryrevealinginsightsgarneredfromavarietyofmodernscientificperspectives–psychology,physiology,forensics,andarchaeology–producingatalethatisnotonlyspell-bindingbutrichlyinformative.

    DaleBrown,aformerU.S.AirForcecaptain,wasborninBuffalo,NewYork,andnowlivesinNevada.HegraduatedfromPennStateUniversitywithadegreeinWesternEuropeanhistoryandreceivedaU.S.AirForcecommissionin1978.HewasstillservingintheAirForcewhenhewrotehishighlyacclaimedfirstnovel,FlightoftheOldDog.SincethenhehaswrittenastringofNewYorkTimesbestsellers,includingmostrecentlyShadowCommand,RogueForces,ExecutiveIntent,andATimeforPatriots.
  • 内容简介:
    InAprilof1846,SarahGraveswastwenty-oneandinlovewithayoungmanwhoplayedtheviolin.Butshewastorn.Hermother,father,andeightsiblingswereabouttodisappearoverthewesternhorizonforever,boundforCalifornia.Sarahcouldnotbeartoseethemgooutofherlife,andsodaysbeforetheplanneddepartureshemarriedtheyoungmanwiththeviolin,andthetwoofthemthrewtheirlotinwiththerestofSarah'sfamily.OnApril12,theyrolledoutoftheyardoftheirhomesteadinthreeox-drawnwagons.
    Sevenmonthslater,afterjoiningapartyofemigrantsledbyGeorgeDonner,SarahandherfamilyarrivedatTruckeeLakeintheSierraNevadaMountainsjustasthefirstheavysnowsoftheseasonclosedthepassaheadofthem.Afteraseriesofdesperateattemptstocrossthemountains,thepartyimprovisedcabinsandslaughteredwhatremainedoftheiremaciatedlivestock.ByearlyDecembertheywerebeginningtostarve.
    Sarah'sfather,aVermonter,wastheonlymemberofthepartyfamiliarwithsnowshoes.Underhisinstruction,fifteensetsofsnowshoeswerehastilyconstructedfromoxbowsandrawhide,andonDecember15,Sarahandfourteenotherrelativelyyoung,healthypeoplesetoutforCaliforniaonfoot,hopingtogetrelieffortheothers.Overthenextthirty-twodaystheyenduredalmostunfathomablehardshipsandhorrors.
    Inthisgrippingnarrative,DanielJamesBrowntakesthereaderalongoneverypainfulfootstepofSarah'sjourney.Alongtheway,heweavesintothestoryrevealinginsightsgarneredfromavarietyofmodernscientificperspectives–psychology,physiology,forensics,andarchaeology–producingatalethatisnotonlyspell-bindingbutrichlyinformative.

  • 作者简介:
    DaleBrown,aformerU.S.AirForcecaptain,wasborninBuffalo,NewYork,andnowlivesinNevada.HegraduatedfromPennStateUniversitywithadegreeinWesternEuropeanhistoryandreceivedaU.S.AirForcecommissionin1978.HewasstillservingintheAirForcewhenhewrotehishighlyacclaimedfirstnovel,FlightoftheOldDog.SincethenhehaswrittenastringofNewYorkTimesbestsellers,includingmostrecentlyShadowCommand,RogueForces,ExecutiveIntent,andATimeforPatriots.
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