In the spring of 1846, the Donner and Reed families joined a wagon train
bound for California in hopes of a better life. But when the party took
an untested shortcut, it set them down a tragic path. As they crossed
the Sierra Nevada, heavy snow fell in the mountain pass. They were
trapped. Supplies were already low, and now they faced a winter of
starvation. Told through the gripping, full-color graphic novel format,
this Deadly Expeditions tale transports readers back in time to follow
the Donner Party's disastrous trek west and their struggle to survive.