North Hills, CA: Self Published. Very Good; Text is clean. Light soiling to outer edge of text. Cover shows only light wear, but with a faint crease along lower corner of back cover. 1992. Paperback. From forward: At Great Price is an historical novel. It is the true story of the last year in the life of Tamsen Donner (1802-1847) ; writer, educator, feminist, wife and mother. It is the story of her experiences on a cut-off trail to California and while snowbound on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevadas. She was one of a group of emigrants heading west from St. Louis and elsewhere to seek a new life in California. It is also the story of courageous personal choices make, for better or worse, out of a sense of commitment to another human being. ; 152 pages .