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Oachs, Emily Rose

Death in the Donner Party: A Cause-and-Effect Investigation

40 pp. | Lerner | November, 2016 | Library ISBN 978-1-5124-1115-7 $30.65 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5124-1126-3
(3) 4-6 Cause-and-Effect Disasters series. Five disastrous events in American history are explored from a cause-and-effect perspective. Each volume includes four succinct chapters, first establishing setting before relating the major events and their aftermath/results (e.g., the Chicago Fire and 1888 Blizzard precipitated future building codes and public warning systems). Numerous photographs/illustrations, diagrams, sidebars, and a clear appended flow chart round out the presentations. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers the following Cause-and-Effect Disasters titles: The Jamestown Colony Disaster, Death in the Donner Party, Hurricane Katrina and the Flooding of New Orleans, The Great Chicago Fire, and The Children's Blizzard of 1888.
Reviewer: Rita Soltan

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