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02887aam a22005178i 4500 001 5256467E26B811E994CCD44997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190202010039 008 181016t20192018meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2018041634 020 $a 1432854860 020 $a 9781432854867 035 $a (OCoLC)1057734513 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ca 050 10 $a PR6119.H366 $b W47 2019 082 00 $a 823/.92 $2 23 084 $a FIC043000 $a FIC019000 $a FIC043000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Shannon, V. A. $e author. 245 10 $a When winter comes / $h [large print] / $c by V.A. Shannon. 250 $a Large print edition. 263 $a 1901 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2019. 300 $a 503 pages ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a Mrs. Jacob Klein has a husband, children, and a warm and comfortable home in California. No onenot even her familyknows how she came to be out West thirteen years ago. Jacob, a kind and patient man, has promised not to ask. But if she were to tell her story, she would recount a tale of tragedy, mishaps, and unthinkable choicesyet also sacrifice, courage, and a powerful, unexpected love . . . 520 $a 520 $a 1846: On the outskirts of Cincinnati, wagons gather by the hundreds, readying to head west to California. Among the throng is a fifteen-year-old girl eager to escape her abusive family. With just a few stolen dollars to her name, she enlists as helpmate to a married couple with a young daughter. Their group stays optimistic in the face of the journeys hazards and delays. Then comes a decision that she is powerless to prevent: Instead of following the wagon trains established route, the Donner Party will take a shortcut over the Sierras, aiming to clear the mountains before the first snows descend. 520 $a 520 $a In the years since that infamous winter, other survivors have sold their accounts for notoriety and money, lurid tales often filled with half-truths or blatant, gory lies. Now, Mrs. Klein must decide whether to keep those bitter memories secret, or risk destroying the life she has endured so much to build . . . 648 7 $a 1846-1850 $2 fast 650 0 $a Donner Party $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books 650 7 $a FICTION / Historical. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Literary $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Coming of Age. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Donner Party. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00896860 651 7 $a California $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00992678 $x History $y 1846-1850 $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Historical fiction 941 $a 3 945 $a lpt 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012014851.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190604033244.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20190202011526.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5256467E26B811E994CCD44997128E48 994 $a C0 $b UOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search