01187cam a2200253 4500 53222140 TxAuBib 20090904120000.0 080908s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781423105190 reinforced $15.99 1423105192 reinforced $15.99 TxAuBib Avi, 1937- Hard gold : the Colorado gold rush of 1859, a tale of the Old West / Avi. 1st ed. New York, N.Y. : Hyperion Books for Children, 2008. 229 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-229.) 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. Ages 8-12. 20090904. PI: Junior Library Guild selection. A Junior Library Guild selection.