The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny by Michael Wallis

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Comments

[dancingpony]

This does sound interesting. It sounds as though the author worked hard at separating fact from fiction.

[gilda_elise]

He did, indeed. He was able to debunk some of the myths that have grown up around the journey, as well as fill in information that had been mostly ignored.

[nakeisha]

It certainly sounds harrowing and not a 'nice' read. But I can see why it's a gripping and compelling story. It's sounds as if the author wove fact and fiction very well indeed to make such an interesting, albeit harrowing book.

[gilda_elise]

Exactly. Not nice, but certainly and interesting and compelling book. But it's all fact, gathered from letters and statements that had been basically ignored before.