The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown

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from Cracked Spines · host Amelia Fisher and Sarah Palmer

This week, Sarah and Amelia finally wrap up this chapter of the “disastrous mountain expeditions” saga we’ve taken you on for the past month. This time we return to the infamous Donner Party from a nonfiction perspective, with The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown. It’s a fantastic read packed with tons of relevant information and sensitively drawn portraits of human suffering, and by this point we’re actually out of cannibalism jokes, so maybe we don’t even ruin it entirely. …Okay, mostly out of cannibalism jokes.Support the show

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