| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 90 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Host/narrator, David McCullough. |
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Voices: J.D. Cannon, Timothy Hutton, Gene Jones, Amy Madigan, Donal McCann. |
| Summary |
Trapped in the Sierra Nevadas during the bitter winter of 1846, nearly 90 members of the Donner and Reed families longed for California's "Promised Land." But an untried shortcut became a death warrant for half of them victims of madness, death, and cannibalism. The program re-creates the Donner Party's journey from family journals, newspaper accounts, and interviews with historians and descendants. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Donner Party.
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Overland journeys to the Pacific.
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Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- History.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Burns, Ric.
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McCullough, David G.
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Cannon, J. D. (John Donovan), 1922-2005.
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Hutton, Timothy, 1960-
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Jones, Gene, 1945-
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
American experience (Television program)
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| Music No. |
MWT10084503 |
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