01322cam a2200325 4500 203619413 TxAuBib 20150101120000.0 000809s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 00063725 9780590511575 0590511572 TxAuBib Gregory, Kristiana. Seeds of hope : the gold rush diary of Susanna Fairchild : [California Territory, 1849] / by Kristiana Gregory. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic, 2001. 182 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. Dear America book, A Subtitle from 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. 20150101. Gold mines and mining Fiction. Frontier and pioneer life California Fiction. Greed Fiction. Diaries Fiction. California Gold discoveries Juvenile fiction. California Gold discoveries Fiction. A Dear America book.