Another young woman grows up the hard way in For California's Gold, by JoAnn Levy, a novel set during the gold rush of 1849. Timid Sarah Daniels makes the long trek to the west coast with her husband and four children, enduring cholera, Indian attacks, starvation and many other hardships. It is only when she finally settles in Nevada City that she begins to accept her new western home in this quietly eloquent tale.
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Another young woman grows up the hard way in For California's Gold, by JoAnn Levy, a novel set during the gold rush of 1849. Timid Sarah Daniels makes the long trek to the west coast with her husband and four children, enduring cholera, Indian attacks, starvation and many other hardships. It is only when she finally settles in Nevada City that she begins to accept her new western home in this quietly eloquent tale.
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Seller's Description:
Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author on title page (signature only). 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. As new. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 268 p. Audience: General/trade. A Sutter Creek chronicle by the WILLA Award-winning author of 'Unsettling the West' and 'Daughter of Joy'. Uncommon signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box.
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Very good, very good. 280, Inscribed by the author. Part of Women's West Series. This novel examines the harsh realities of the Gold Rush era through the eyes of a woman. The author won the 1999 Women Writing the West Willa Literary Award.