Cariboo runaway
By: Sandy Frances Duncan
Edition: Rev. ed. 1997.
Publisher: Pacific Edge Pub.
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Gabriola, B.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781895110470
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Gold discoveries; Découvertes d'or; Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse; Gold mines and mining
Description: Disguised as a boy, 13 year-old Elva Parkhurst leaves Victoria in 1864 to find her father somewhere in the Cariboo, where he has been prospecting for six years. Determined to bring him home, Elva is outraged when her brother, Tim, follows her. Together, the two journey 500 miles up the Cariboo Wagon Road, moving from adventure to adventure.