The following are just a few good book sources, in addition to this website, to help you satisfy your curiosity about Donner Summit. Below you will find web sources.
| Across the Plains in the Donner Party - Murphy | |
| Ancient Rock Carvings of the Centra Sierra - Gortner | |
| Diary of a Forty Niner - Canfield | |
| What I Saw in California - Bryant - | an 1949 visitor's experiences |
| History of the Donner Party - McGlashan | |
| The World Rushed In - Holliday | |
| Assembling California - McFee - | this is the geologic history of California |
| Lost Sierra Gold Ghosts and Skis - Berry - stories | |
| High Road to Promintory - Kraus | transcontinental railroad |
| To Donner Pass from the Pacific - Duncan - | about old Highway 40 |
| Trail of the First Wagons Across the Sierra - Grayson | |
| Winter of Entrapment - King - | the Donner Party |
| Gold, Guns, and Gallantry - McLeod - | stories |
| Distant Voices Distand Drums - McLeod - | stories |
| Truckee Trails - Durkin - | guide to hiking trails in the area |
| Donner Summit, A Brief History - Powell | |
| Truckee's Trail - Hayws | fictionalized account of the Stephens Party 1844 see our review in the 2/09 newsletter |
| Hitler's Last Soldier in Americe | see our review 2/09 |
| U.C. Berkeley Bancroft Library - lots of pictures if you type Donner Summit into the search window |
