Description: A series of letters and newspaper articles reveals life in California in the 1850s, especially for thirteen-year-old Eldora, who was raised in Massachusetts as an orphan only to meet her influential mother in San Francisco, and Luke, who...
Synopsis A series of letters and newspaper articles reveals life in California in the 1850s, especially for thirteen-year-old Eldora, who was raised in Massachusetts as an orphan only to meet her influential mother in San Francisco, and Luke, who hopes to find a fortune in gold.
Details
Publication Date:
2007-05-08
Size
Length:
310 pages
Height:
8.3 in
Width:
5.8 in
Thickness:
1.0 in
Weight:
16.8 oz
Publisher's Note Having moved with her aunt and uncle to San Francisco during the Gold Rush-era, Eldora discovers that she is not an orphan after all and that her long-lost mother wants to reunite with her--only adding to the pressure in dealing with her move to the big city and away from all her friends back east.