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966548
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b720918
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| Main Entry
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Burton, Gabrielle.
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| Title & Author
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Searching for Tamsen Donner /\ Gabrielle Burton.
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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American lives
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (xii, 314 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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0803224435
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0803222858
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9780803222854
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-314).
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| Abstract
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"This book tells of Burton?s search to solve the mystery of Tamsen Donner for herself. A graceful mingling of history and memoir, Searching for Tamsen Donner follows Burton and her husband, with their five daughters, on her journey along Tamsen?s path. From Tamsen?s birthplace in Massachusetts to North Carolina, where she lost her first family in the space of three months; to Illinois, where she married George Donner; and finally to the fateful Oregon Trail, Burton recovers one woman?s compelling history through a modern-day family?s adventure into realms of ultimately timeless experiences"--Page 2 of cover.
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Burton, Gabrielle-- Family.
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Burton, Gabrielle-- Travel-- West (U. S.)
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Donner, Tamsen,1801-1847.
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Donner, Tamsen,1801-1847., Correspondence.
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Burton, Gabrielle-- Family.
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Burton, Gabrielle-- Travel-- West (U.S.)
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Donner, Tamsen,1801-1847
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Donner, Tamsen,1801-1847.
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Burton, Gabrielle.
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Donner, Tamsen,1801-1847.
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Donner Party.
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Frontier and pioneer life-- Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
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Overland journeys to the Pacific.
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Women pioneers-- West (U.S.), Biography.
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Women pioneers-- West (U.S.), Correspondence.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Personal Memoirs.
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Donner Party.
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Families.
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Frontier and pioneer life.
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HISTORY-- State Local.
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Overland journeys to the Pacific.
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Travel.
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Women pioneers.
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West (U.S.), Description and travel.
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United States, Sierra Nevada.
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West United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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978/.02092B
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| LC Classification
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F868.N5B87 2009eb
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