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Death Valley in '49: The Autobiography of a Pioneer

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This is the detailed and devastating account of the sufferings of the party of emigrants who gave Death Valley its name. Persuaded by the leader of another wagon train to try a shortcut to southern California, the emigrants got lost in the barren, arid valley. After splitting into small groups, most of the party died of thirst, hunger, or exhaustion. William Manly, however ...more
Paperback , 428 pages
Published July 1st 2001 by The Narrative Press

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