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Goldsmith, Connie

Lost in Death Valley: The True Story of Four Families in California's Gold Rush

144 pp. | Lerner/Twenty-first Century | March, 2001 | Library ISBN 0-7613-1915-8 $$23.90
(4) YA Based on journals, letters, and other primary documents, the book follows the stories of four families as they traveled from Salt Lake City to California in 1849, some of them fatefully taking a false shortcut through Death Valley. The low-key account is illustrated with black-and-white photos of uneven quality, maps, and drawings. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Jack Forman

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