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Author:

Avi, 1937-

Title:

Hard gold : the Colorado gold rush of 1859, a tale of the Old West / Avi.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Hyperion Books for Children,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

229 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Gold mines and mining--Colorado--Juvenile fiction.
Colorado--Gold discoveries--Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--Colorado--Juvenile fiction.
Gold mines and mining--Colorado--Fiction.
Colorado--Gold discoveries--Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life--Colorado--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Diary novels.
Nineteenth century--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Uncles--Fiction.
Gold mines and mining--Fiction.
Colorado--Gold discoveries--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Fiction.
Colorado--History--19th century--Fiction.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-229).

Summary:

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:

An I witness novel
Avi, 1937 I witness novel.

ISBN:

1423105192 (reinforced) :
9781423105190 (reinforced) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)246689546

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