Hard Gold
The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859, a Tale of the Old West
New York, N.Y. : Hyperion Books for Children, [2008]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 229 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
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.
Series: Avi, 1937- I witness novel.
Subjects:
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado -- Juvenile fiction.
Gold mines and mining -- Colorado -- Juvenile fiction.
Colorado -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado -- Juvenile fiction.
Gold mines and mining -- Colorado -- Juvenile fiction.
Colorado -- Gold discoveries -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: Ages 8-12.
ISBN:
9781423105190 (reinforced)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-229).
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Junior Library Guild selection