Fireweed, a woman's saga in gold rush America, Carolyn Evans Campbell
Type
Label
Fireweed, a woman's saga in gold rush America, Carolyn Evans Campbell
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
novels
Main title
Fireweed
Oclc number
469815959
Responsibility statement
Carolyn Evans Campbell
Sub title
a woman's saga in gold rush America
Summary
Young Jenna experiences tragedy and loss on her journey west, a vulgar reality at the hands of a missionary, the squalor of a muddy gold rush camp dressed as a boy, and an uncertain future in a sensual, unfamiliar land. Later, educated and refined in the grandeur of an early Spanish rancho, Jenna grows into a desirable woman while two cultures ruthlessly clash after the Mexican War, and California becomes a reckless new state with boom and bust wealth in a brutish world dominated by men