TY - BOOK AU - Gregory,Kristiana TI - Seeds of hope: the gold rush diary of Susanna Fairchild T2 - Dear America SN - 0439445663 AV - PZ7.G8619 Se 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Scholastic KW - Diaries KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - California KW - Gold mines and mining KW - Greed KW - fast KW - Gold discoveries KW - Fiction KW - lcgft N1 - "California Territory, 1849"--Cover; 790L; Lexile; Accelerated Reader AR; MG; 5.5; 5; 52606 N2 - 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 ER -