Fool's Gold

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.

Ken Hodgson was born in the shadow of Pike's Peak. His grandfather mined gold in Cripple Creek, Colorado, and fueled his imagination at an early age with tales of lost mines, ghost towns, and characters of the Old West. He resides in San Angelo, Texas with his wife Rita and their ill-tempered cat, Penelope.


Genre: Western