What Was the Donner Party?

by Ben Hubbard and Who Hq

Learn about the treacherous journey across the Sierra Nevada mountain range that isolated and trapped a group of pioneers heading to California for an entire winter in this latest addition to the New York Times Bestselling What Was? series.

In the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593520742
• ISBN13: 9780593520741
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Penguin Workshop
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7