num_pages: 304
description: Determined to improve his struggling family's financial situation, sixteen-year-old Tom Wade leaves England in 1860 and sets out for the untamed wilderness of the American Far West. Arriving in the small western outpost of Denver, Colorado to mine for gold, he soon encounters Native American warriors, takes part in big-game hunts, and learns how to survive a mountain winter with nothing but resourcefulness and perseverance.
language: English
title: In the Heart of the Rockies: An Adventure on the Colorado River
titlecomplete: In the Heart of the Rockies: An Adventure on the Colorado River (Dover Children's Classics)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Westerns, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 370
publisher: Dover Publications