From the Book - First edition.
Prologue: Donner Lake, June 6, 1918
The best land under heaven
Farewell, April 14-15, 1846
Independence bound, April 15-May 10, 1846
Queen city of the trails, May 10-12, 1846
Indian country, May 12-18, 1846
Soldier Creek, May 19, 1846
People of the south wind, May 21-24, 1846
Alcove Spring, May 25-29, 1846
The rhetoric of fear, May 30-June 2, 1846
Ebb and flow, June 3-7, 1846
On the Platte, June 8-10, 1846
Life goes on, June 10-15, 1846
A letter from Tamzene Donner, June 16, 1846
Change of command, June 16-19, 1846
Chasing mirages, June 19-25, 1846
Sage advice, June 26-27, 1846
A sense of urgency, June 28-July 12, 1846
Parting of the ways, July 13-19, 1846
The Donner party, July 20-28, 1846
Betrayed, July 28-31, 1846
The Hastings cutoff, August 1-22, 1846
The fearful long drive, August 23-September 10, 1846
Race against time, September 11-October 4, 1846
Blood rage, October 5-20, 1846
Perseverance, October 21-30, 1846
Desperate times, desperate measures, November-December 1846
The forlorn hope, December 1846
Camp of death, December 1846
The starving time, January 1847
In dire straits, January-February 1847
Man on a mission, January-February 1847
To the rescue, February 1847
