Name/Title
Wheels West, The Story of the Donner Party, a book by Homer CroyEntry/Object ID
L2014.26.37Description
Wheels West, The Story of the Donner Party, a book by Homer Croy. Croy, an author from Maryville, Missouri, tells story of the disaster of the Donner party from diaries, newspaper files, documents, and interviews with descendants. He traveled over the route of the Donner Party. He incorporated all into a epic story.
The book is inscribed to Dick Baker and signed by Croy on fly leaf. Their is a old photograph of a young girl pasted inside the front cover, captioned "believed to be an early photo of Jean Baker." On page 177, there is an illustration of a man on horseback in western setting, captioned "believed to be Richard S. Baker."
Pasted on the back fly leaf is a news clipping from the Boston, Massachusetts Herald, June 12, 1926, reporting on Croy's trip to Europe.
Pasted on the inside back cover is an Honorary membership for Croy to the Hammersly Hill Gold Club, signed by Lowell Thomas
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Western Migration, Donner Party, Trails, California Trail, St. Joseph Authors, Croy, HomerBook Details
Author
Homer CroyPlace Published
City
New York CityState/Province
New YorkDate Published
1955Call No.
Authors CRLCCN
55-7904Notes
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Homer CroyPerson or Organization
Lowell Thomas