Hard gold
Subtitle: the Colorado gold rush of 1859, a tale of the Old West
By: Avi
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: An I witness novel
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781423105190
Subjects: Gold discoveries; Gold mines and mining; Juvenile fiction; Frontier and pioneer life; Fiction
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-229).

Ages 8-12.

A Junior Library Guild selection