"Gabrielle Burton brings us
a moving story of human courage and frailty. Tamsen Donner's tale will stay with you long after you've read the last page." —Nancy Horan, author of Loving Frank
"The literary equivalent of El Dorado — the lost City of Gold"
—MAUREEN CORRIGAN, NPR
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In the spring of 1846, Tamsen Donner, her husband, George, their five daughters, and eighty other pioneers headed to California on the California-Oregon Trail in eager anticipation of new lives out West. Everything that could go wrong did, and an American legend was born.
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