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In the summer of 1849, Lucy Whipple's mother packs up her household and her two young children, and leaves their home in Massachusetts for the gold fields of California.

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  • Amy
  • DANVILLE, CA, United States
  • 10-26-10

A great Gold Rush read

I really liked The Ballad of Lucy Whipple. It made reading about the Gold Rush interesting, and I loved the main character, Lucy. She has a lot of spunk and is very determined.

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I liked it....

it was good it did get a tad boring. the story was a great story.