Through Tamsen’s Eyes… The Story of the Donner Party

In 1846, Tamsen Donner was a teacher, a botanist, and a mother with a dream of opening an academy in the West. She didn’t know that a “shortcut” would turn a journey of hope into a harrowing fight for survival. Step into the Sierra Nevada snows and hear the untold story of the Donner Party through the eyes of the woman who lived it. A haunting, first-person journey through history, heartbreak, and the ultimate test of the human spirit.