STOOKEY, Dr. Walter M.

Fatal Decision. The Tragic Story of the Donner Party.

Salt Lake City, Utah. Deseret Book Company. 1950. 8vo. 21cm, xv,209p., with 50 illustrations, index, grey cloth, ~ without explanation there are 120 signatures on front free endpaper, - in lightly chipped jacket, the book is fine (gar). Item #41344

~ A very detailed study of disastrous Donner Party in 1846 and its effects on the Mormon pioneers who came over the same trail in 1847. "The coming of the Donner Party in 1846 therefore proved to be a blessing to the Latter-day Saints who came in 1847." (Foreword). The over 100 signatures probably indicates recommended reading list by the Mormon Church.

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