1984, ISBN: 9780804703673

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Toronto: Ryerson, 1938. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Frank Butler. Hardcover in red cloth with titling to spine and front cover. Copyright 1936. This copy published by Little, Brown and… Mehr…

Toronto: Ryerson, 1938. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Frank Butler. Hardcover in red cloth with titling to spine and front cover. Copyright 1936. This copy published by Little, Brown and Company in 1938 bears an ink stamp that indicates "The Ryerson Press" for its Canadian distribution. B&W illustrations. Intended for a school market with sections on "Pupil Activities" and "General Projects." Library markings: numbered in bold marker on the spine; card pocket affixed to inside rear cover. Worn and grubby, a few scattered marks, but square and still firmly bound. Contents page with small corner piece missing, but no text effected. Back hinge beginning to split. Despite flaws, this survivor from a public school retains its charm., Ryerson, 1938, 2.5, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1984. 2nd Edition. Paperback. Near Fine-Collectible. 5.25"x8.25" 261 pgs, + Editor's notes, Bibliography, & index. Foreword, notes, and Bibliography by George H. Hinkle and Bliss McGlashan Hinkle. Second edition of the 1947 Revised edition. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/faint soil spots on edges. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/tracking number. Originally published in 1880, McGlashan's History of the Donner Party remains in steady demand as an authoritative account of the tragic episode. The editors have added newly discovered information and photographs to their foreword, which is based on material in family documents and on the authors own recollections. The name of the Donner Party has come to symbolize the struggle of all pioneers, for the Donner experiences were the acme of horror, despair, and suffering. This chronicle is a towering tribute to the band of pioneers who struggled over deserts and the High Sierra toward California during the rugged winter of 1846-47. The disasters they endured form a bold contrast to the comfort and safety of the present-day Donner Lake region. Mr. McGlashan was a contemporary of the Donner Party's children. From the many survivors of the expedition whom he knew and interviewed, from a personal knowledge of the route followed, from more than a thousand letters written to him by survivors, and from consultations with still-living authors of older works on the subject. McGlashan was able to verify the facts and write a book from the point of view of the survivors themselves. Source: Publisher., Stanford University Press, 1984, 4<