The Following are just a few good book sources, in addition to this website, to help you satisfy your curiosity about Donner Summit. Below, you will see web sources.
| Across the Plains in the Donner Party - Murphy | ||||||||||
| Ancient Rock Carvings of the Centra Sierra - Gortner | ||||||||||
| Diary of a Forty Niner - Canfield | ||||||||||
| What I Saw in California - Bryant - | an 1949 visitor's experiences | |||||||||
| History of the Donner Party - McGlashan | ||||||||||
| The World Rushed In - Holliday | ||||||||||
| Assembling California - McFee - | this is the geologic history of California | |||||||||
| Lost Sierra Gold Ghosts and Skis - Berry - stories | ||||||||||
| High Road to Promintory - Kraus | transcontinental railroad | |||||||||
| To Donner Pass from the Pacific - Duncan - | about old Highway 40 | |||||||||
| Trail of the First Wagons Across the Sierra - Grayson | ||||||||||
| Winter of Entrapment - King - | the Donner Party | |||||||||
| Gold, Guns, and Gallantry - McLeod - | stories | |||||||||
| Distant Voices Distand Drums - McLeod - | stories | |||||||||
| Truckee Trails - Durkin - | guide to hiking trails in the area | |||||||||
| Donner Summit, A Brief History - Powell | ||||||||||
| Truckee's Trail - Hayes | fictionalized account of the Stephens Party 1844 see our review in the 2/09 newsletter |
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| Hitler's Last Soldier in America | see our review 2
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| Guides to the Lincoln Highway 1915 & 1924 | Lincoln Highway Association | |||||||||
| Lincoln Highway, California Vol. 6 | California Lincoln Highway m aps and route | |||||||||
| Old Highway 40 Information-route 40 . net | ||||||||||
| Lingering in Tahoe's Wild Gardens - Carville | wild flowers and hikes |