The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party In The Age Of Manifest Destiny

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Book Title: Best Land under Heaven : the Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny

Number of Pages: 496 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation

Topic: United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / 19th Century, Adventurers & Explorers, United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa), Expeditions & Discoveries

Publication Year: 2018

Item Height: 0.9 in

Genre: Travel, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 12.9 Oz

Author: Michael Wallis

Item Length: 8.3 in

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback