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I am, said the daughter.” ― Gabrielle Burton, Heartbreak Hotel. 5 likes. Like. “-though sometimes it seems to mention a man who simply acts like a decent human being gets undue praise” ― Gabrielle Burton, Impatient with Desire. 2 likes. Like. “I am a school teacher doing life and death sums.” ― Gabrielle Burton. 2 likes. Like.
Mar 9, 2010 · Gabrielle Burton’s “Impatient with Desire” details the ill-fated emigration of the Donner party in 1846. The novel unfolds though journal entries and letters written by Tamsen Donner and provides an intimate perspective to one of the most notorious and mythologized chapters in American history.
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‘Impatient with Desire’ by Gabrielle Burton. By Erika Schickel. March 12, 2010 12 AM PT. Gabrielle Burton was a fledgling poet at the 1972 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference when she...
Historians have long known that Tamsen kept a journal, though it was never found. In Impatient with Desire, Burton imagines this lost journal—and paints a picture of a remarkable heroine in an extraordinary situation. Download Impatient with Desire Press Release.
Jun 17, 2010 · Impatient with Desire. By Gabrielle Burton. Hardcover, 256 pages. Voice. List price: $22.99. Gabrielle Burton is also the mother of five daughters; she'd been drawn to Tamsen Donner...
In Impatient with Desire, Burton draws on years of historical research to vividly imagine this lost journal--and paints a picture of a remarkable heroine in an extraordinary situation. Tamsen's unforgettable journey takes us from the cornfields of Illinois to the dusty Oregon Trail to the freezing Sierra Nevada Mountains, where she was forced ...
Impatient with Desire by Gabrielle Burton. Members: Reviews: Popularity: Average rating: Mentions: 217: 69: 123,940 (3.77) 10: In the spring of 1846, Tamsen Donner ...
