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THE INDIFFERENT STARS ABOVE

BASED ON THE BOOK BY DANIEL JAMES BROWN

 

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CONTENT

Setting the Stage - The Graves Family and the Promise of California

Westward Bound - From Illinois to the Missouri River

The Lure of Hastings's Cutoff - A Fatal Decision

Trials on the Trail - Hardship and Discord

Disaster in the Wasatch - Delays and Lost Time

Across the Salt Desert - A Grueling Ordeal

Entrapment in the Sierra Nevada - Winter's Grip

Starvation and Desperation - The Descent into Cannibalism

Rescue and Aftermath - Shattered Souls

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ABOUT THE ORIGINAL BOOK

"The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride" by Daniel James Brown, recounts the experiences of Sarah Graves, a young woman who, along with her family, joined a wagon train heading west toward California in 1846. Driven by the promise of fertile lands and a better life, they were lured by Lansford Hastings's "Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California" and its promise of a shortcut.

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