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.
SRP 2012 REVIEW: I thought the description was very good. I like to think about how it was backk then, not a lot of things to do, and people got married so young.