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Gold Fever Trail

Gold Fever Trail( )
Author: Hughes, Monica
ISBN:978-0-7736-7279-6
Publication Date:Dec 2000
Publisher:Trifolium Books, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $5.95
Book Description:

In 1897, Dawson City on the banks of the Yukon River was the scene of the greatest gold rush the world has ever known ... the Klondike Gold Rush. More than 20,000 men across rugged trails and mountains to reach this land where fortunes could be made in a day. Two adventurous children go to the Klondike, too. Their mother is dead and their father is missing somewhere along the gold rush trail. So Henry and Sarah Thorpe stow away aboard a ship and search for their father-the first of...
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Book Details
Pages:108
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):4 x 6.5 x 0.36 Inches
Book Weight:0.198 Pounds
Author Biography
Hughes, Monica (Author)
Monica Hughes was born in Liverpool, England on November 3, 1925. Before joining the Women's Royal Naval Service, she lived in Egypt as a child and went to school in Scotland. During World War II, she worked on breaking German codes. In 1952, she immigrated to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and began working at Ottawa's National Research Council. She started writing survival stories and science fiction novels for young adults. Her works include the Isis trilogy and Hunter in the Dark. She won numerous awards including the Phoenix Award for literary merit. She was named to the Order of Canada in 2002. She died from a stroke on March 7, 2003 at the age of 77.

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