Joe Henry's journey up the Missouri River to the Montana gold fields, 1862
By: Marcia Melton
Publisher: Raven Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Norris, MT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781937849207; 9781937849214
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life; Fiction; Voyages and travels; Fathers and sons; Gold mines and mining; History
Description: Eleven-year-old Joe Henry Grummond joins his twice-widowed father on an arduous journey from Kentucky to the gold fields of Bannack, Montana, in 1862, and as they try to earn enough to make a fresh start back home, they face a bully, outlaws, harsh winters, and back-breaking labor.