Michael Wallis: The Best Land Under Heaven, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Best Land Under Heaven
- The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
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- Verlag:
- Liveright Publishing Corporation, 05/2018
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781631494000
- Artikelnummer:
- 11899406
- Umfang:
- 496 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 384 g
- Maße:
- 206 x 137 mm
- Stärke:
- 24 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 29.5.2018
- Hinweis
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Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
"WESTWARD HO! FOR OREGON AND CALIFORNIA!"
In the eerily warm spring of 1846, George Donner placed this advertisement in a local newspaper as he and a restless caravan prepared for what they hoped would be the most rewarding journey of a lifetime. But in eagerly pursuing what would a century later become known as the "American dream," this optimistic-yet-motley crew of emigrants was met with a chilling nightmare; in the following months, their jingoistic excitement would be replaced by desperate cries for help that would fall silent in the deadly snow-covered mountains of the Sierra Nevada.
We know these early pioneers as the Donner Party, a name that has elicited horror since the late 1840s. With The Best Land Under Heaven , Wallis has penned what critics agree is "destined to become the standard account" (Washington Post ) of the notorious saga. Cutting through 160 years of myth-making, the "expert storyteller" (True West ) compellingly recounts how the unlikely band of early pioneers met their fate. Interweaving information from hundreds of newly uncovered documents, Wallis illuminates how a combination of greed and recklessness led to one of America's most calamitous and sensationalized catastrophes. The result is a "fascinating, horrifying, and inspiring" (Oklahoman) examination of the darkest side of Manifest Destiny.