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Staking a Claim
2013
Chinese AmericansDiariesGold mines and miningUnclesGold discoveriesCaliforniaChildren's fictionAdventure and adventurers, fictionCalifornia, fictionJuvenile fiction
A young Chinese boy nicknamed Runt records his experiences in a journal as he travels from southern China to California in 1852 to join his uncle during the Gold Rush.
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