advance reading copy (thanks, Rob and Harvey!)Can't. do. It.And that's how it's written. Ugh. Glad I didn't pay for it!I would love to read a well written book on this topic, it sounds like it would make a riveting story.
This was an absolutely beautiful and sad novel that I didn't want to end. I knew the same little bits of history about the Donner party that most people know but Gabrielle Burton brought the story to life with this novel. Told through the eyes of Tamsen Donner in the form of letters and journal en...
This was an absolutely beautiful and sad novel that I didn't want to end. I knew the same little bits of history about the Donner party that most people know but Gabrielle Burton brought the story to life with this novel. Told through the eyes of Tamsen Donner in the form of letters and journal en...
Ack, it's a fictional *journal* of Tamsen Doner's. Nothing new found here (at least as far as I got). I vaguely recall another book I read years ago in journal style (for real) culled from one of the Reed daughters.
Originally posted on Guiltless ReadingNot a trashy romance. Really.The book in one sentence: Tamsen Donner recounts the ill-fated journey of 80+ pioneers through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in 1846. My thoughts: I received Impatient with Desire yesterday in the mail through the LibraryThing Early Bi...
I had never heard of the Donner Party nor knew anything about another way to travel west besides the Oregon Trail. So, when I sat down with this book, I had no expectations besides being entertained. I didn't expect Tamsen Donner to catch my heart and hold it through her journal entries and letters ...
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