Seeds of Hope: The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California 1849

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A diary account of 14-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. Sequel to Dear America's "Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: the Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847." Grades 6-8.
-- Includes historical note and e-links to Author Interview.