For information about the Gold Rush time period

Dear America:Seeds of Hope:
The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild, California Territory, 1849 by Kristiana Gregory

Dear Canada: A Trail of Broken Dreams The Gold Rush Diary of Harriet Palmer Overland to the Cariboo, 1862 by Barbara Haworth-Attard

About Acadians

Dear Canada:Banished From Home The Acadian Diary of Ang?lique Richard Grand-Pr?, Acadia, 1755