Fool's gold
By: Ken Hodgson
Publisher: Chivers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781471357657
Subjects: Gold mines and mining; Fiction; Prospecting
Description: When Jake Crabtree, a luckless and lazy prospector, comes out of wintertime hibernation - a time when Jake goes on one long alcoholic binge - he discovers that his partner, Doc McNair, has died. In digging the doc's grave, Jake hits a rich vein. When the news hits the papers, poor Jake finds himself surrounded by masses of people itching to rob him of his gold.
Notes: Originally published: Waterville, Me.: Five Star, 2003.