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Louise and Jean Dana land in San Francisco only to discover a stolen star sapphire ring and a vanished grandfather in the rugged Sierra Nevada. Their aunt, Mrs. Carol Reed, reveals a family secret: a buried chest of gold nuggets from the 1849 gold rush, hidden by an ancestor’s devoted Chinese servant. Tired of separate investigations, the Dana sisters combine clues from the theft, the disappearance, and the buried treasure, using their sharp detective instincts to solve all three mysteries together.
First publish date: 1961
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson
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