Gold Fever (Hardcover, Library binding)

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... This year is the 150th anniversary of the Gold Rush, and the punchy, rhythmic verse and fun, detailed illustrations of this book combine to bring this vibrant period in American history to life.