Seeds of hope : the gold rush diary of Susanna Fairchild : [California Territory, 1849] /
by Kristiana Gregory.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Scholastic, 2001.
- 182 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Subtitle from cover.
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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Gold mines and mining--Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life--California--Fiction. Greed--Fiction. Diaries--Fiction.