Indifferent Snow

In the winter of 1846, 87 pioneers were trapped by an early blizzard in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Only 48 survived. The story of the Donner Party is infamous for one detail: cannibalism. But focusing on the gruesome end ignores the tragic chain of errors, bad maps, and leadership failures that led them there. "e;The Indifferent Snow"e; deconstructs the myth of the "e;monsters"e; in the mounta...