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A Tale of Gold

Book Description
GOLD! GOLD! GOLD! scream the headlines in July 1897, announcing the discovery of gold in the Yukon. Fourteen-year-old James Erickson, alone in the world after his father's death, is mesmerized when he sees the first ship of prospectors enter the San Francisco harbor. Caught up in the gold fever, he books passage on a steamer up to Alaska.

In Alaska, James meets Tip, a skinny boy who turns out... More

Book Information
PublisherMargaret K. McElderry
BindingHardcover (7 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages160
ISBN-10B005Q79Y54
Publication Date10/23/2007
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About Thelma Hatch Wyss (Author) : Thelma Hatch Wyss is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Thelma Hatch Wyss include A Tale of Gold, Bear Dancer: The Story of a Ute Girl, Ten ... more
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