Hard gold : the Colorado gold rush of 1859, a tale of the Old West /
Avi, 1937-
Hard gold : the Colorado gold rush of 1859, a tale of the Old West / Avi. - 1st ed. - New York, N.Y. : Hyperion Books for Children, c2008. - 229 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. - An I witness novel .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-229).
Determined to find his nineteen-year-old uncle and best friend, Jesse, who left for Colorado to find enough gold to pay the mortgage and save the family's Iowa farm, twelve-year-old Early Whittcomb joins up with a barber, his wife, and his daughter on a wagon train heading for the gold fields near Pike's Peak in 1858.
Ages 8-12.
A Junior Library Guild selection
1423105192 (reinforced) : $15.99 9781423105190 (reinforced) : $15.99
Frontier and pioneer life--Colorado--Juvenile fiction.
Gold mines and mining--Colorado--Juvenile fiction.
Colorado--Gold discoveries--Juvenile fiction.
Hard gold : the Colorado gold rush of 1859, a tale of the Old West / Avi. - 1st ed. - New York, N.Y. : Hyperion Books for Children, c2008. - 229 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. - An I witness novel .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-229).
Determined to find his nineteen-year-old uncle and best friend, Jesse, who left for Colorado to find enough gold to pay the mortgage and save the family's Iowa farm, twelve-year-old Early Whittcomb joins up with a barber, his wife, and his daughter on a wagon train heading for the gold fields near Pike's Peak in 1858.
Ages 8-12.
A Junior Library Guild selection
1423105192 (reinforced) : $15.99 9781423105190 (reinforced) : $15.99
Frontier and pioneer life--Colorado--Juvenile fiction.
Gold mines and mining--Colorado--Juvenile fiction.
Colorado--Gold discoveries--Juvenile fiction.