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Bonanza Girl

by Patricia Beatty · 1962

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Katherine Scott, a widow, leaves Portland, Oregon, with her two children for the Idaho gold fields thinking she'll make a living teaching school. But when they get there, they discover there's no children, there's no place to live but in a tent, and there's nothing to eat but beans.

Genre
historical fictionadventure
Themes
childhood
Setting
American WestIdaho
Audience
childrensyoung adult

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