Book
Daughter of fortune : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0060932759
- ISBN: 9780060932756
- ISBN: 9780060194918
- ISBN: 006019491X
- ISBN: 006019491X
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Physical Description:
viii, 399 pages : map ; 25 cm
regular print
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, ©1999.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. 1843-1848 : Eliza ; The English ; Señoritas ; A ruined reputation ; Suitors ; Miss Rose ; Love -- pt. 2. 1848-1849 : The news ; The farewell ; Fourth son ; Tao Chi'en ; The voyage ; The Argonauts ; The secret -- pt. 3. 1850-1853 : El Dorado ; Business dealings ; Soiled doves ; Disillusion ; Singsong girls ; Joaquín ; An unusual pair. |
| Summary, etc.: | A Chilean woman searches for her lover in the goldfields of 1840s California. Arriving as a stowaway, Eliza finances her search with various jobs, including playing the piano in a brothel. |
| Target Audience Note: | Adult |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.8 24.0 35657. |
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| Subject: | California Social life and customs 19th century Fiction California History 1846-1850 Fiction Gold mines and mining California Fiction |
| Genre: | Romance fiction. Love stories. Adventure fiction. |
| Topic Heading: | EHS - LATINO Oprah's Book Club announced 2/17/00 |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Southbury Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 54 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Southbury Public Library | ALLENDE (Text) | 34019097946800 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
