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Name: Gold Rush Winter
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Author: Claire Rudolf Murphy

📘 Gold Rush Winter by Claire Rudolf Murphy

Nine‑year‑old Klondy Nelson, daughter of Swedish‑American gold‑miners, relocates with her mother from South Dakota to Alaska as the gold‑rush season ends. There, Klondy joins her father, who had left for the Klondike mining camps when she was a baby, and the novel follows their journey and adaptation to life in the harsh frontier.

First publish date: October 2002

Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure

Authors: Claire Rudolf Murphy

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