TY - BOOK AU - Burton,Gabrielle TI - Searching for Tamsen Donner T2 - American lives SN - 9780803224438 AV - F868.N5 B87 2009eb U1 - 978/.02092B 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Lincoln PB - University of Nebraska Press KW - Donner, Tamsen, KW - Burton, Gabrielle KW - Burton, Gabrielle. KW - Donner Party KW - Women pioneers KW - West (U.S.) KW - Biography KW - Correspondence KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) KW - Overland journeys to the Pacific KW - Groupe Donner KW - Voyages par terre jusqu'au Pacifique KW - HISTORY KW - State & Local KW - bisacsh KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Historical KW - Personal Memoirs KW - fast KW - Families KW - Travel KW - Description and travel KW - États-Unis (Ouest) KW - Descriptions et voyages KW - United States KW - Sierra Nevada KW - West United States KW - Electronic books KW - Biographies KW - Personal correspondence N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-314); Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011 N2 - "This book tells of Burton?s search to solve the mystery of Tamsen Donner for herself. A graceful mingling of history and memoir, Searching for Tamsen Donner follows Burton and her husband, with their five daughters, on her journey along Tamsen?s path. From Tamsen?s birthplace in Massachusetts to North Carolina, where she lost her first family in the space of three months; to Illinois, where she married George Donner; and finally to the fateful Oregon Trail, Burton recovers one woman?s compelling history through a modern-day family?s adventure into realms of ultimately timeless experiences"--Page 2 of cover UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=264657 ER -