Seeds of hope the gold rush diary of Susanna Fairchild

Type

Book

Authors

Gregory, Kristiana

ISBN 10

0590511572

ISBN 13

9780590511575

Tags

avarice, fiction, greed, historical fiction, diaries, frontier and pioneer life, california, gold mines and mining, gold discoveries

Description

A diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairchild's life in 1849, when her father succumbs to gold fever on the way to establish his medical practice in Oregon after losing his wife and money on their steamship journey from New York. Includes a historical note.

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