{"product_id":"answer-creek-a-novel-of-the-donner-party-paperback","title":"Answer Creek: A Novel of the Donner Party - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAshley E. Sweeney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eEliza Waite\u003c\/i\u003e comes a gripping tale of adventure and survival based on the true story of the ill-fated Donner Party on their 2,200-mile trek on the Oregon-California Trail from 1846 to '47. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nineteen-year-old Ada Weeks confronts danger and calamity along the hazard-filled journey to California. After a fateful decision that delays the overlanders more than a month, she--along with eighty-one other members of the Donner Party--finds herself stranded at Truckee Lake on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, stuck there for the entirety of a despairing, blizzard-filled winter. Forced to eat shoe leather and blankets to survive, will Ada be able to battle the elements--and her own demons--as she envisions a new life in California? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Researched with impeccable detail and filled with imagery as wide as the western prairie, \u003ci\u003eAnswer Creek\u003c\/i\u003e blends history and hearsay in an unforgettable story of challenging the limits of human endurance and experiencing the triumphant power of love.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA native New Yorker, Ashley E. Sweeney is the winner of the Nancy Pearl Book Award and more than a dozen other awards for her previous novels, \u003ci\u003eHardland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnswer Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEliza Waite\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is based on her paternal great-grandmother's story of coming alone from Ireland to America in the late nineteenth century. Sweeney lives and writes in the Pacific Northwest and Tucson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337442463981,"sku":"9781631528446","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/AQCTAhvScl9781631528446.webp?v=1785061315","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/answer-creek-a-novel-of-the-donner-party-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}