Daniel James Brown on the Donner Party
- Producing Organization
- KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
- Contributing Organization
- KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio (Seattle, Washington)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/358-58pc8k4v
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- Description
- Description
- It's a busy night at a restaurant in Northern California. The Maitre'd has an open table. He says, "Donner, party of eight." There's a pause. "Excuse me," the maitre'd says. "I meant Donner, party of seven. Your table's ready." This is one of many jokes about the Donner Party, 87 people who traveled via wagon train from Illinois to California in 1846. They were trapped by snow in the Sierra Nevadas and resorted to cannibalism to stay alive. Daniel James Brown heard plenty of Donner Party jokes growing up. He never thought they were funny. Two of Daniel's great uncles helped rescue survivors from the snowbound Donner camp. So he knew a different side of the story. Daniel's connection to the Donner Party led him to write a book about the tragedy. It's called "The Indifferent Stars Above." He tells KUOW's Jeannie Yandel why he went so far as to walk the trail the Donner Party took on their ill–fated journey west.
- Asset type
- Program
- Genres
- News
- Topics
- News
- Subjects
- books, KUOW Presents, Donner Party, Daniel James Brown, author, Sierra Nevadas, cannibalism, Jeannie Yandel, book, Sarah Graves
- Rights
- 2011 KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
- Media type
- Sound
- Credits
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Copyright Holder: KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
Producer: Jeannie Yandel
Producing Organization: KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
Identifier: 20090509DanielJamesBrown (File name)
Format: audio/vnd.wave
Generation: Original
Duration: 00:16:18
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Daniel James Brown on the Donner Party,” KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 27, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-358-58pc8k4v.
- MLA: “Daniel James Brown on the Donner Party.” KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 27, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-358-58pc8k4v>.
- APA: Daniel James Brown on the Donner Party. Boston, MA: KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-358-58pc8k4v