Ordeal By Hunger - The Story of the Donner Party by Stewart, George R. Jr. [Signed] - 1936

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Fair. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and dated, without inscription, by author upon title page. Also signed and inscribed by author to a former Berkeley professor upon half-title page. xii, 328 pages. Index, bibliography and footnotes. Twelve black and white plates. Five maps. "The misadventure of the Donner Party constitutes one of the most amazing stories of that land of amazing stories, the American West. It is worthy of record as a historical document upon what human beings may achieve, endure, and perpetrate, in the final press of circumstance. This account is strictly factual, based upon the evidence of the sources and upon reasonable deduction from that evidence; it is not fiction." - Preface. Above-average wear and soiling to publisher's blue cloth. Slight lean to spine. binding intact. Howes S-984.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Donner Party; Signed by Author(s) .