Books with title The Story of the Colorado Rockies

Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings. In the Heart of the Rockies is packed with adventure! In 1860, 16-year-old Tom Wade leaves England for the American Far West to find his uncle and to improve his family fortunes. Arriving at the small western outpost of Denver to mine for gold, he soon encounters Native American warriors, takes part in big-game hunts, and learns how to survive a frigid mountain winter with nothing but resourcefulness and perseverance. On their quest for a gold mine, he and his little band are spied on by Indians, chased across the Bad Lands, and overwhelmed by a snowstorm in the mountains. Henty's descriptions of Colorado are taken from the official report of Major Powell's four-year assignment from the US government to survey the Colorado River Valley. Tom Wade goes West as a boy...and returns as a young man. The Henty Historical Novel Collection, written by George Henty in the 1800s, covers many time periods in history throughout the world. In this collection you will learn history, geography, and vocabulary while also discovering hero characters for your children to emulate. Study guides to enrich your learning experience are available at jimhodgesaudiobooks.com/product-category/study-guides.

After the loss of his parents, sixteen-year-old Tom is uncertain how to make his way in the world, especially since he wishes to provide for his two sisters. Tom, an Englishman, decides that it would be best for him to leave for America where he hopes to join his uncle. Once in America, Tom heads to the rustic Wild-West city of Denver in hopes of locating his uncle who was prospecting for gold. Tom soon finds his uncle and some new friends as well, including two Native Americans. Together they brave a bitter Rocky Mountain winter, thwart attacks by hostile Native Americans, and are eventually forced to navigate the wild and dangerous white-waters of the Colorado River through the uncharted Grand Canyon! Will Tom and his friends survive the treacherous journey? Will they find gold and be rich? Will Tom ever see his sisters again? These questions and more will be answered in G. A. Henty's In the Heart of the Rockies. Set in the mid-nineteenth century, this book includes more than eighty geographical, historical, and explanatory footnotes to aid the modern reader.

Packed with adventure - from gold mining, to running the unexplored Colorado River rapids, to surviving a mountain winter with nothing but ingenuity, resourcefulness, and perseverance - this story follows Tom Wade as he goes West as a boy and returns as a man. Revealing the rugged character demanded of mountain men by their environment and times, this book describes the challenges of the American West - a part of our heritage that helped make our country great.

[Children's Historical Fiction (Ages 8-12)][Read by Jim Hodges] Bring history back to life through Jim Hodges' historically accurate, exciting, and edifying audio recordings In the Heart of the Rockies is packed with adventure! In 1860, sixteen-year-old Tom Wade leaves England for the American Far West to find his uncle and to improve his family fortunes. Arriving at the small western outpost of Denver to mine for gold, he soon encounters Native American warriors, takes part in big-game hunts, and learns how to survive a frigid mountain winter with nothing but resourcefulness and perseverance. On their quest for a gold mine, he and his little band is spied on by Indians, chased across the Bad Lands, and overwhelmed by a snowstorm in the mountains. Henty's descriptions of Colorado are taken from the official report of Major Powell's four-year assignment from the US government to survey the Colorado River Valley. Tom Wade goes West as a boy . . . and returns as a young man. [The Henty Historical Novel Collection, written by George Henty in the 1800s, covers many time periods in history throughout the world. In this collection, you will learn history, geography, and vocabulary while also discovering hero characters for your children to emulate.]