The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party

by Allan Wolf

Book Overview

In powerful, vivid verse, the master behind The Watch That Ends the Night recounts one of history's most harrowing--and chilling--tales of survival.

In 1846, a group of emigrants bound for California face a choice: continue on their planned route or take a shortcut into the wilderness. Eighty-nine of them opt for the untested trail, a decision that plunges them into danger and desperation and, finally, the unthinkable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536228192
• ISBN13: 9781536228199
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher