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Gold Fever

by Verla Kay · 1999

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What's a farmer to do when he sees hundreds of miners heading west to get rich? Join them!Jasper is off to California with dreams of the gold that will fill his pans to overflowing. He has his shovel, his pick, and lots of energy — but finding gold isn't easy. It's dirty, backbreaking work and in the end Jasper doesn't have anything to show for it. Maybe farming wasn't so bad.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
American WestAmerican WestMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages
Form
rhymingrhymingMore like thisLess of this

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