Rawls, James J. <br/><br/>
Dame Shirley and the Gold Rush / 
by Jim Rawls ; Alex Haley, general editor ; illustrations by John Holder. 
 - Austin, Tex. :  Raintree Steck-Vaughn,  c1993. 
 - 55 p. :  ill., map ;  21 cm. 
 - Stories of America .
<br/><br/> Accelerated Reader  School Library Journal 
<br/><br/> Relates how a series of letters, written by a woman known as Dame Shirley and published in a San Francisco magazine in 1854 and 1855, were instrumental in inciting the California gold rush. 
<br/><br/> 4.9  2-5 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0811480623  $10.45 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>92018083  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906 --Juvenile literature.<br/>Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906. <br/>Shirley, Dame, 1819-1906 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Frontier and pioneer life--Juvenile literature.--California<br/>Pioneers--Biography--Juvenile literature.--California<br/>Women pioneers--Biography--Juvenile literature.--California<br/>Frontier and pioneer life--California.<br/>Frontier and pioneer life--California
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>California--Gold discoveries--Juvenile literature.<br/>California--Gold discoveries.<br/>California--Gold discoveries
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F865  / .R29 1993 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>979.4/04$220