Dame Shirley and the Gold Rush
By: by Jim Rawls ; Alex Haley, general editor ; illustrations by John Holder.
Contributors: Haley, Alex.; Holder, John, ill.
Series: Stories of America
Publisher: Raintree Steck-Vaughn
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 55
Subjects: Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906 -- Juvenile literature.; Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906.; Frontier and pioneer life -- California -- Juvenile literature.; Pioneers -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women pioneers -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Frontier and pioneer life -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile literature.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Description: Relates how a series of letters, written by a woman known as Dame Shirley and published in a San Francisco magazine in 1854 and 1855, were instrumental in inciting the California gold rush.