The Donner Party

Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey penetrated to the very heart of the American Dream at a crucial phase of the nation's "manifest destiny." Touching some of the most powerful social, economic and political currents of the time, this extraordinary narrative remains one of the most compelling and enduring episodes to come out of the West.

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  David McCullough

  Narrator (voice)
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  J.D. Cannon

  voice
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  Timothy Hutton

  voice
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  Gene Jones

  voice
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  Amy Madigan

  voice
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  Donal McCann

  voice
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  George Plimpton

  voice
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  Paul Roebling

  voice
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  Lois Smith

  voice
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  Frances Sternhagen

  voice