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

Author: Avi
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Hyperion Books for Children, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : Elementary and junior high school : Fiction : English : 1st ed
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.
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Genre/Form: Juvenile fiction
Fiction
Material Type: Elementary and junior high school, Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Avi
ISBN: 9781423105190 : 1423105192
OCLC Number: 246689546
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection
Target Audience: Ages 8-12.
Description: 229 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents: How it began --
My brothers --
Bad news and good --
Hard times, strange times --
A whole lot of time --
I find a way --
I leave home --
Lizzy --
Westward, ho! --
We head west --
Mr. Mawr --
News about Jesse --
Farewell to Iowa --
Into Nebraska --
Stampede! --
Going on --
The long trail --
Cherry Creek! --
Denver House --
Going after Jesse --
Into the mountains --
Gold Hill --
Jesse --
Escape! --
The rest of my life --
Glossary --
Author's note --
Acknowledgments --
Bibliography --
Illustration credits.
Responsibility: Avi.

Abstract:

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.

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