The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride

Author:   Daniel James Brown
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Edition:   Large type / large print edition
ISBN:  

9780061774737


Pages:   576
Publication Date:   01 May 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Daniel James Brown
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Collins
Edition:   Large type / large print edition
Dimensions:   Width: 22.50cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.626kg
ISBN:  

9780061774737


ISBN 10:   0061774731
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   01 May 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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A skillful, suspenseful study of the Donner Party, narrated from the point of view of a newly married woman Wading through the many previous accounts of the ill-fated journey, Brown creates a thorough and unique narrative. A moving man-against-nature tragedy that stillresonates today. --Kirkus Reviews


Daniel James Brown brings the myth to life, transforming faint history class memories into gripping reality. --BookPage A compelling retelling of the ghastly events surrounding the Donner party. Daniel James Brown, using one survivor's experience as his focus, moves beyond the cardboard figures depicted in previous accounts and shows how the lucky few endured and survived. --Irvin Molotsky, author of The Flag, The Poet and the Song: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner In this gripping narrative, Brown reveals the extremes of endurance that underlie the history of this nation, and more than that, of humanity in any part of the world, even today, surviving great peril in search of a better life. --Nina Burleigh An ideal pairing of talent and material. . . . Engrossing. . . . A deft and endearing storyteller. --Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review A skillful, suspenseful study of the Donner Party. ... Brown creates a thorough and unique narrative. A moving man-against-nature tragedy that still resonates today. --Kirkus Reviews [Brown] tells the tale with a novelist's touch. --Boston Globe Remarkable. ... Hard to put down. --Seattle Times


""An ideal pairing of talent and material. . . . Engrossing. . . . A deft and endearing storyteller."" -- Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review ""Remarkable. ... Hard to put down."" -- Seattle Times ""A compelling retelling of the ghastly events surrounding the Donner party. Daniel James Brown, using one survivor's experience as his focus, moves beyond the cardboard figures depicted in previous accounts and shows how the lucky few endured and survived."" -- Irvin Molotsky, author of The Flag, The Poet and the Song: The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner ""A skillful, suspenseful study of the Donner Party. ... Brown creates a thorough and unique narrative. A moving man-against-nature tragedy that still resonates today."" -- Kirkus Reviews ""Daniel James Brown brings the myth to life, transforming faint history class memories into gripping reality. ... Utterly compelling."" -- BookPage ""[Brown] tells the tale with a novelist's touch."" -- Boston Globe ""A fresh and intriguing telling . . . . engrossing and appalling in equal measure. Never melodramatic or maudlin, Brown's work gracefully balances graphic depictions of extreme privation with humanizing glimpses of the emigrants' everyday hopes and fears. Brown also skillfully weaves relevant historical, cultural, and scientific information . . . creating a rich and contextualized background."" -- Library Journal ""In this gripping narrative, Brown reveals the extremes of endurance that underlie the history of this nation, and more than that, of humanity in any part of the world, even today, surviving great peril in search of a better life."" -- Nina Burleigh


Daniel James Brown brings the myth to life, transforming faint history class memories into gripping reality. -- BookPage


Author Information

Daniel James Brown is the author of The Boys in the Boat and Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894. He lives in the country east of Redmond, Washington, with his wife and two daughters.

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