Donald Grayson: 2 books
The Great Basin
A Natural Prehistory
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Covering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none of its rivers or streams flow into the sea. This fascinating illustrated journey through deep time is the definitive environmental...
Sex and Death on the Western Emigrant Trail
The Biology of Three American Tragedies
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
During the winter of 1846–1847, members of the Donner Party found themselves stuck in the snows of the Sierra Nevada on their journey to California, losing many in their group to severe cold and starvation. Those who survived did so by cannibalizing their dead comrades. Today the Donner Party may...