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Paperback Leaving Eldorado Book

ISBN: 0544336135

ISBN13: 9780544336131

Leaving Eldorado

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Maude must fend for herself in the mining town of Eldorado, New Mexico, after her mother dies and her father's "gold fever" inspires him to take off for the Yukon. Her strong desire to leave the frontier town and become an artist makes her take a job in a boarding house. But young women on their own with no money in the 1890s are not only frowned upon, they are looked at with scorn and suspicion. For Maude, whose strong will tends to get her in...

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Young girl's lessons of life on her own in 1800's.

This is a wonderful young adult book. I especiallly liked the fact that the protaganist is female. This book is full of humor, as the young girl left alone learns many lessons about life in a small gold mining town.
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