Saving the Donner Party: And Forlorn Hope

Books, articles, and commentaries have told the story of how the storm of the century in the fall of 1846 trapped eighty-one innocent men, women, and children in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and how brave men risked their lives to save them. In Saving the Donner Party, author Dr. Richard F. Kaufman tells the story of the rescuers of the Donner Party.

During the last two decades, Dr. Kaufman has compiled a record of historical documents and letters from Sutter’s Fort State Park and the Califo...