The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride Wayne Kaumualii Westlake Monograph made the 2018 Eric Hoffer

made the 2018 Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize Shortlist

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Jessica set out on a seemingly impossible mission to prove her innocence and to regain her rightful status as a respected World Champion

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The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride Wayne Kaumualii Westlake Monograph made the 2018 Eric HofferFrom the #1 bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes an unforgettable epic of family, tragedy, and survival on the American frontier An ideal pairing of talent and material. Engrossing. A deft and ambitious storyteller. Mary Roach, New York Times Book Review In April of 1846, twenty one year old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after