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In the Heart of the Rockies Posada worked in two techniquesDetermined to improve his struggling family's financial situation, sixteen year old Tom Wade leaves England in 1860 and sets out for the untamed wilderness of the American Far West. Arriving in the small western outpost of Denver, Colorado, to mine for gold, he soon encounters Native American warriors, takes part in big game hunts, and learns how to survive a mountain winter with nothing but resourcefulness and perseverance. Young readers get