Knopf, 2001-03-27. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed 1st edition, 1st printing, Knopf hardcover w/ DJ, 2001. Book is VG to VG+, w/ clean text, tight binding. DJ is VG to VG+, w/ light edge/shelf wear (no tears or chips). Signed and inscribed by author on title page. Free delivery confirmation.

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Snow Mountain Passage is a powerful retelling of our most dramatic pioneer story--the ordeal of the Donner Party. Through the eyes of James Frazier Reed, one of the group's leaders, and the imagined "Trail Notes" of his daughter Patty, we journey along with the ill-fated group determined, at all costs, to make it to the California territory. James Reed is a proud, headstrong, yet devoted husband and father. As he and his family travel in the "Palace Car," a huge, specially built--and ultimately cumbersome--covered wagon, they thrill to new sights and cope with conflict and constant danger. Yet when a fight between Reed and another driver ends in death, Reed is exiled from the group and heads over the mountains alone. The fate of the other families, including Reed's wife and four children, is sealed when they set out across a new, untested route through the Sierra--their final mountain pass. Arriving at the foothills just as the snows start to fall, they are left stranded for months--starving, freezing, and battling to survive--while Reed journeys across northern California, trying desperately to find means and men for a rescue party. An extraordinary tale of pride and redemption, Snow Mountain Passage is a brilliantly imagined and grippingly told story straight from American history. *National Bestseller

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Bookseller: Colewood Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SKU1017732
Title: Snow Mountain Passage
Author: Houston, James D
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0375411038
ISBN 13: 9780375411038
Publisher: Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2001-03-27
X weight: 25 lbs

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