Susanna Fairchild and her family are on board a ship sailing from New York to the West, where they plan to start a new life in Oregon. But tragedy strikes when Susanna's mother is lost to the sea. Hearing stories of great wealth, Susanna's physician father decides he wants to join the hordes of men rushing to California to mine for gold.---from the publisher
186 pages 9780590511575 Ages 10-13
Keywords: diary, historical fiction, American history, Gold Rush, family life, journey, ship, death and dying, loss, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, 13 year old, part of a series
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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." -- Includes historical note and e-links to Author Interview.--from the publisher
