St. Thomas Becket Academy & High School Library

Seeds of hope : the gold rush diary of Susanna Fairchild /

Gregory, Kristiana.

Seeds of hope : the gold rush diary of Susanna Fairchild / by Kristiana Gregory. - First edition. - 186 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. - Dear America . - Dear America. .

"California Territory, 1849"--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.

790L Lexile



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Diaries.
Frontier and pioneer life--California.
Gold mines and mining.
Greed.
Gold mines and mining.


California--Gold discoveries.
California.
California--Gold discoveries.


Fiction.
Fiction.

PZ7.G8619 / Se 2001