Ethan rarick biography
As a journalist, Ethan Rarick covered politics, crime, business and sports throughout the West.
Ethan Rarick is a journalist and author whose books include California Rising: The Life and Times of Pat Brown, a study of the popular liberal who was governor..
Desperate Passage
The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West
Ethan Rarick 249 pages copyright 2008
The Chamber of Commerce hosts the Donner Party Hikes each Autumn on Donner Summit. After the hikes and lunch there is always a speaker. The 2013 speaker was Ethan Rarick, author of Desperate Passage The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party.
Over almost 170 years, ever since the first gruesome accounts appeared in newspapers, the travails of the Donner Party has been covered in magazines, books, movies or videos, and talks. What could Mr.
Rarick offer that would be new?
Ethan Rarick has written a good book, worthy of reading even if you have read other Donner Party books or seen Donner Party videos. He set out not to re-relate what happened but to delve into the human equation and the fateful decisions they made. He relies on new archeological evidence as well as research on starvation, snowfall, and primary sources. Rarick’s