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020    9780792790495|q(sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 
020    0792790499|q(sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 
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037    11398898|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 
040    Midwest|beng|erda 
099    eAudiobook hoopla 
100 0  Avi,|d1937- 
245 10 Hard gold :|bthe Colorado gold rush of 1859 : a tale of 
       the Old West /|cAvi. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 [United States] :|bBlackstone Audio, Incorporated :|bMade 
       available through hoopla,|c2012. 
300    1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 59 min.)) :
       |bdigital. 
336    spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 
337    audio|bs|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
506    Digital content provided by hoopla. 
511 0  Read by Alston Brown. 
520    Early Whitcomb's family needs a miracle. Their Iowa farm 
       has been in the family for generations, but a long drought
       has withered their savings and left them in debt. 
       Meanwhile, the great Chicago and Northwestern Railroad 
       wants their land, and if the Whitcombs can't pay their 
       loans, the local banker, Judge Fuslin, will foreclose and 
       sell the farm as his own. Early's uncle (though he's more 
       like a brother), Jesse, thinks he has the solution-to head
       West and dig for gold. Fueled by reports of prospectors 
       striking it rich in the Rocky Mountains, Jesse can't think
       about anything but gold, and his determination to get to 
       the western territories grows stronger by the day. Early 
       is wild to go with him, as much for the adventure as for 
       the gold. But the journey costs money-more than the boys 
       can afford-and when Jesse flees during the night, after 
       being accused of a robbery, Early doesn't know what to 
       believe. Then Jesse sends an electrifying message-that he 
       has found gold, but his life is in danger-and Early knows 
       he must do whatever it takes to find him, even if it means
       running away and joining a wagon train with a strange 
       family. The journey is dangerous and full of hardships, 
       and the closer the travelers get to their destination, the
       more ruined lives they encounter-lives consumed by the 
       hunt for gold. Then to his horror, Early learns that Jesse
       has been accused of another, much bigger crime and has 
       fled to a secret place in the mountains. Somehow, Early 
       must get to him without leading Jesse's pursuers right to 
       his door. And even if he succeeds, Early will still have 
       to make the hardest choice of his life. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Gold mines and mining|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 Frontier and pioneer life|zColorado|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 Voyages and travels|vJuvenile fiction. 
650  0 Uncles|vJuvenile fiction. 
651  0 Colorado|xHistory|y19th century|vJuvenile fiction. 
700 1  Brown, Alston.|4nrt 
710 2  hoopla digital. 
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