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Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate

Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate

Venture into the harrowing saga of the Donner Party, where survival, desperation, and the human spirit intertwine against the unforgiving backdrop of the Sierra Nevada. This podcast delves into the chilling realities faced by a group of pioneers in the 1840s, exploring themes of endurance and the moral dilemmas that arise in the face of unimaginable adversity. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, presenting a rotating collection of narratives that examine the complexities of human behavior when pushed to the brink. Through these diverse accounts, listeners are invited to reflect on the struggles of those who dared to seek a new life, and the choices they made in dire circumstances. This is not a singular tale but a series of unique explorations that illuminate the darker corners of history and the resilience of the human spirit. Discover a new book with every episode and uncover the layers of this tragic chapter in American history.This show includes AI-generated content.

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Cape Cod Stories-Joseph Crosby Lincoln 5 hr 47 min 30 sec
Bible (ASV) 13 1 Chronicles-American Standard Version 2 hr 14 min
Burston Rebellion-Thomas George Higdon 3 hr 45 min 29 sec
Story of a Bad Boy-Thomas Bailey Aldrich 5 hr 50 min 40 sec
Maxwell Mystery-Carolyn Wells 6 hr 14 min 19 sec
Finland and the Tsars, 1809-1899-Joseph R. Fisher 8 hr 27 min 37 sec
Pee-Wee Harris-Percy Keese Fitzhugh 3 hr 11 min 39 sec
Rover (Part One)-Aphra Behn 3 hr 10 min 51 sec
Alice's Adventures Underground-Lewis Carroll 1 hr 20 min 55 sec
Assault on Mount Everest, 1922-Charles Granville Bruce, George Ingle Finch, Tom Longstaff, George Mallory, T. Howard Somervell 9 hr 33 min 17 sec
Stories of the Lifeboat-Frank Mundell 3 hr 25 min 52 sec
Over Prairie Trails-Frederick Philip Grove 5 hr 52 min 9 sec
Woman and the War-Frances Evelyn (Daisy) Greville 6 hr 54 min 24 sec
Commentaries on the Gallic War-Gaius Julius Caesar 7 hr 16 min 28 sec
Song of Myself-Walt Whitman 2 hr 23 min 50 sec
Secret Mark-Roy J. Snell 4 hr 10 min 52 sec
Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 2: Lives and Deaths of Early Christian and Protestant Martyrs-Forbush, Foxe 9 hr 31 min 58 sec
Station Life in New Zealand-Mary Anne Barker 6 hr 1 min 39 sec
Astrophel and Stella-Sir Philip Sidney 1 hr 40 min 54 sec
Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, The Lily of the Mohawks-Ellen Walworth 9 hr 26 min 45 sec
One-Act Play Collection 021-Various 4 hr 52 min 22 sec
Plow Stories-Clara Dillingham Pierson 2 hr 58 min 8 sec
Dreams-Olive Schreiner 2 hr 25 min 42 sec
Liberation Marines in the Recapture of Guam-Cyril J. O'Brien 2 hr 13 min 52 sec
Sea and the Jungle-Henry Major Tomlinson 8 hr 15 min 1 sec
Autobiography of a Newspaper Girl-Elizabeth L. Banks 9 hr 25 min 11 sec
Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre-John Gregory Bourke 2 hr 20 min 26 sec
Indian Fairy Book-Henry R. Schoolcraft 7 hr 11 min 43 sec
Underground Railroad, Part 2-William Still 9 hr 7 min 28 sec
Lad A Dog-Albert Payson Terhune 8 hr 36 min 18 sec
California History -- Two Pieces-Various 1 hr 38 min 31 sec
Little Lord Fauntleroy (version 2)-Frances Hodgson Burnett 6 hr 2 sec
Six Years at the Russian Court-Magaretta Eagar 5 hr 48 min 26 sec
Court and Character of King James, with the Court of King Charles-Anthony Weldon 3 hr 45 min 12 sec
Valley of Baca a Record of Suffering and Triumph-Jennie Smith 7 hr 12 min 9 sec
Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great-Henry Fielding 1 hr 19 min 57 sec
Birds' Christmas Carol-Kate Douglas Wiggin 1 hr 12 min 25 sec
Bahai Revelation-Thornton Chase 5 hr 55 min 33 sec
Traveller from Altruria-William Dean Howells 7 hr 36 min 48 sec
Prophet (version 3)-Kahlil Gibran 1 hr 18 min 6 sec
Daughter of the Sioux-Charles King 7 hr 52 min 48 sec
Imperialism and World Politics, Part 3 of 4-Parker Thomas Moon 6 hr 37 min 42 sec
Bay A Book of Poems-D. H. Lawrence 31 min 22 sec
Charles Simeon-Handley Carr Glyn Moule 7 hr 28 min 39 sec
Luck Of Roaring Camp And Other Sketches-Bret Harte 7 hr 11 min 36 sec
With the Empress Dowager of China-Katharine Carl 7 hr 56 min 58 sec
Six Characters in Search of an Author-Luigi Pirandello 2 hr 9 min 1 sec
Story of My Boyhood and Youth-John Muir 5 hr 25 min 42 sec
Pilgrimage Of Etheria-Etheria 3 hr 28 min 5 sec
Philosophy and Fun of Algebra-Mary Everest Boole 1 hr 41 min 19 sec
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 40, August 3, 1880-Various 1 hr 56 min 36 sec
Heir-Vita Sackville-West 5 hr 9 min 33 sec
Karl Marx An Essay-Harold J. Laski 2 hr 2 min 55 sec
By Ox Team to California - A Narrative of Crossing the Plains in 1860-Lavinia Honeyman Porter 4 hr 52 min 3 sec
Four Months in a Sneak-Box-Nathaniel H. Bishop 8 hr 33 min 32 sec
Prisoner of Morro-Upton Sinclair 5 hr 30 min 16 sec
Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors - Elbert Hubbard 8 hr 11 min 54 sec
American Credo - H L Mencken George Jean Nathan 2 hr 8 min 5 sec
Child's Book of American Biography - Mary Stoyell Stimpson 4 hr 42 min 38 sec
Irradiations; Sand and Spray-John Gould Fletcher 1 hr 9 min 1 sec
Florentine Tragedy and La Sainte Courtisane-Robert Baldwin Ross, Oscar Wilde 56 min 2 sec
Alice's Adventures Underground-Lewis Carroll 1 hr 20 min 55 sec
Renascence A Book of Verse-Walter Crane 2 hr 40 min 20 sec
Prisoner of Morro-Upton Sinclair 5 hr 30 min 16 sec
Imre A Memorandum-Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson 4 hr 19 sec
Court and Character of King James, with the Court of King Charles-Anthony Weldon 3 hr 45 min 12 sec
Philosophy and Fun of Algebra-Mary Everest Boole 1 hr 41 min 19 sec
Sea Voyage-John Fletcher, Philip Massinger 1 hr 53 min 55 sec
Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe-Edgar Allan Poe 7 hr 44 min 15 sec
Heroines of Travel-Frank Mundell 4 hr 4 min 33 sec
Shadows-George MacDonald 1 hr 28 min 2 sec
Five Jars-M. R. James 2 hr 11 min 13 sec
Station Life in New Zealand-Mary Anne Barker 6 hr 1 min 39 sec
Christmas Every Day and Other Stories Told for Children-William Dean Howells 2 hr 5 min 5 sec
Custer Battlefield A History And Guide To The Battle Of The Little Bighorn-Robert Marshall Utley 2 hr 58 min 9 sec
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 42, August 17, 1880-Various 1 hr 59 min 11 sec
Black Panther-John Hall Wheelock 1 hr 24 min
Into The Valley Of Death Crimea, Balaklava, The Light Brigade Russell, Tennyson And Kipling-Various 51 min 44 sec
Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems-Alfred Castner King 2 hr 32 min 47 sec
43 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 21 min 24 sec
42 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 16 min 25 sec
41 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 13 min 7 sec
40 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 20 min 16 sec
43 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 21 min 24 sec
42 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 16 min 25 sec
41 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 13 min 7 sec
40 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 20 min 16 sec
39 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 5 sec
38 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 3 min 50 sec
37 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 7 min 23 sec
36 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 19 min 25 sec
35 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 27 sec
34 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 12 min 25 sec
33 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 11 min 37 sec
32 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 21 min 3 sec
31 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 7 min 8 sec
30 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 13 min 31 sec
29 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 6 min 40 sec
28 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 13 min 49 sec
27 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 15 min 7 sec
26 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 9 min 38 sec
25 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 18 min 17 sec
24 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 21 min 22 sec
23 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 12 min 14 sec
22 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 17 min 57 sec
21 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 25 min 2 sec
20 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 45 sec
19 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 13 min 43 sec
18 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 21 sec
17 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 9 min 7 sec
16 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 58 sec
15 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 12 min 24 sec
14 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 8 min 14 sec
13 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 7 min 57 sec
12 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 6 min 7 sec
11 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 22 sec
10 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 25 min 47 sec
09 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 56 sec
08 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 5 min 50 sec
07 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 17 min 49 sec
06 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 24 min 21 sec
05 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 15 min 2 sec
04 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 16 min 12 sec
03 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 16 min 58 sec
02 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 16 min 6 sec
01 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 6 min 37 sec
39 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 5 sec
38 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 3 min 50 sec
37 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 7 min 23 sec
36 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 19 min 25 sec
35 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 27 sec
34 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 12 min 25 sec
33 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 11 min 37 sec
32 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 21 min 3 sec
31 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 7 min 8 sec
30 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 13 min 31 sec
29 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 6 min 40 sec
28 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 13 min 49 sec
27 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 15 min 7 sec
26 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 9 min 38 sec
25 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 18 min 17 sec
24 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 21 min 22 sec
23 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 12 min 14 sec
22 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 17 min 57 sec
21 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 25 min 2 sec
20 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 45 sec
19 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 13 min 43 sec
18 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 21 sec
17 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 9 min 7 sec
16 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 58 sec
15 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 12 min 24 sec
14 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 8 min 14 sec
13 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 7 min 57 sec
12 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 6 min 7 sec
11 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 22 sec
10 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 25 min 47 sec
09 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 14 min 56 sec
08 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 5 min 51 sec
07 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 17 min 49 sec
06 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 24 min 21 sec
05 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 15 min 2 sec
04 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 16 min 12 sec
03 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 16 min 58 sec
02 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 16 min 6 sec
01 - Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza P. Donner Houghton 6 min 37 sec

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