{"product_id":"9780593520741","title":"What Was the Donner Party?","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe notorious true story of a group of pioneers forced to make impossible decisions when trapped in the mountains for an entire winter—part of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling What Was? series, featuring 16 pages of photos.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the winter of 1846-47, a group of eighty-seven pioneers heading from the Midwest to California found themselves snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountain range with no way forward and no food or supplies. While forty-eight of the group members survived, the others perished due to extreme weather, starvation, and illness. To survive, the remaining people resorted to extreme measures...including cannibalism. Theirs is a story of miscalculations, bad decisions, and extreme weather—but it’s also a story of survival and bravery among everyday people.","brand":"Ben Hubbard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Digest format paperback","offer_id":45894277202132,"sku":"9780593520741","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c609f309-67df-4ce3-9860-d83760eaec23.jpg?v=1732468862","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780593520741","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}