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Gold Rush Winter

Name: Gold Rush Winter
Author: Claire Rudolf Murphy
ISBN: 9780307757401

by Claire Rudolf Murphy, Richard Waldrep (Illustrator)

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Overview

Klondy and her mother are finally joining Klondy’s father in Alaska. But does Papa have time for a daughter? Or is he too busy hunting for gold?

From the Trade Paperback edition.

At the end of the nineteenth century, Swedish-Americans Klondy and her mother travel from South Dakota to Alaska to live with Klondy's father, a gold-miner who left for the mines when she was just a baby. Based on events in the life of Klondy Nelson.

About the Author, Claire Rudolf Murphy

Claire Rudolph Murphy based Gold Rush Winter on the true story of Klondy Nelson, an Alaskan gold-miner’s daughter. Ms. Murphy lived for 24 years in Alaska and has written extensively about the state and its people and history. The author lives in Spokane, WA.

From the Trade Paperback edition.