The Ungodly: A Novel of the Donner Party by Richard Rhodes - 1973-01-01

Charterhouse, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Charterhouse, 1973. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York Charterhouse 1973., 1973. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Charterhouse, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Charterhouse, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Charterhouse, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Charterhouse, 1973. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Charterhouse, 1973-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Dj lightly shelf worn & toned. Dust jacket in a mylar cover.

New York: Charterhouse, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x5x1. First edition. Jacket spine base stained. Review slip laid in. 1973 Hard Cover. 371 pp. In the year 1846 men took their families west to California and a new life. The families of the Donner Party were among them. Several hundred wagons set out from Independence, Missouri, to follow the California Trail nearly 2,000 miles across unpopulated prairies, up sluggish and seemingly endless rivers, and through the Rocky Mountains over the Continental Divide. There, where the water flowed west to the far Pacific, the more prudent emigrants swung north through present-day Idaho, though that was the longer way west. But the Donner Party, braver or more foolhardy than the rest, chose an untried route that would shorten the distance. It did. It also subjected them to obstacles so formidable that it cost many of them their lives. Yet it preserved their names and the story of their travail down through history-crowded years -… Read More

New York:: Charterhouse,, (1973). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (gift inscription on half title page, price-clipped, one closed tear along fold, dj now in archival cover).. First edition. In 1846 several hundred wagons set out from Independence, Missouri, to follow the California Trail nearly 2,000 miles across unpopulated prairies - "The Donner Party, braver or more foolhardy than the rest, chose an untried route that would shorten the distance. It did. It also subjected them to obstacles so formidable that it cost many of them their lives. . . It is the story of indomitable men and women in their bleakest hour - a story that increases our understanding of what kind of people made this nation and what a full and immeasurable price they paid." 371 pp. Map endpapers. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon.