History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra by C F McGlashan 1880

Description: History of the Donner Party, a Tragedy of the Sierra by C F McGlashan. Published by A.L. Bancroft & Company, 1880. Hardcover. Third edition illustrated. The tragedy of the Donner Party is, without doubt, one of the most sensational events in the history of the American C. F. McGlashan, was the editor of the Truckee Republican. He wrote the first detailed narrative history of this horror. McGlashan had the advantage of timing. He was distant enough from the event to have perspective and yet close enough in time to have access to the primary sources. He interviewed twenty-four out of the twenty-six living survivors, wrote and received over two thousand letters, read virtually every printed account, read manuscript diaries including the famous Patrick Breen diary, and thoroughly inspected the scene of the disaster while still in a relatively undisturbed state.. McGlashan succeeded in gaining the confidence of many of the families including Graves, Murphy, Reed, Breen, Donner, and Tucker families. From their pieced together this heart-rending history. By and large he was able to separate fact from mythology. Octavo: 261 pages. with a frontispiece and 12 illustrations. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. The cloth binding has faded and the spine sunned. Titles are still readable. Bumped corners and some edge fraying. Internally, the book has an old owner pencil name on a blank endpaper, otherwise it is clean and still quite tight. See images.

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