A trail of broken dreams : the gold rush diary of Harriet Palmer : Overland to the Cariboo, 1862
Title
:
A trail of broken dreams : the gold rush diary of Harriet Palmer : Overland to the Cariboo, 1862
Personal Author EPSB
:
Barbara. Haworth-Attard
Summary
:
Presents the fictional diary of Harriet Palmer, a twelve-year-old girl who decides, in the wake of her mother's death, to disguise herself as a boy in 1862 and travel to the gold fields of Canada to bring her father home.
Year Published
:
2004
Series
:
Dear Canada
Physical Description
:
168 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Subject
:
Determination (Personality trait) -- Fiction.
Diaries -- Fiction.
Family life -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Cariboo (B.C. : Regional district) -- Gold discoveries -- Fiction.
Canada -- History -- 1841-1867 -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Canadian fiction.
Historical fiction.
Summary
:
Presents the fictional diary of Harriet Palmer, a twelve-year-old girl who decides, in the wake of her mother's death, to disguise herself as a boy in 1862 and travel to the gold fields of Canada to bring her father home.
ISBN
:
9780439974059
Publisher
:
Markham, ON : Scholastic Canada, 2004.
Toronto, ON : Scholastic, 2005.
©2004
Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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Stratford | F HAW | Book | 30577000013376 | Fiction |