the gold rush diary of Susanna Fairchild : [California Territory, 1849] /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Kristiana Gregory.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Scholastic,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2001.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
182 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., map ;
Dimensions
20 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Dear America
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Subtitle from cover.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Avarice, Juvenile fiction.
Diaries, Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life-- California, Juvenile fiction.