The Spoilers.

ISBN-13: 9781533087454 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 210 str.

Rex Beach

Opis

The Spoilers (1906) is a novel by Rex Beach based in Alaska that was one of the best selling novels of 1906. The book was quickly adapted into a play, and was later adapted to film five times, in 1914, 1923, 1930, 1942, and 1955. The novel is based on a true story of corrupt government officials, such as Alexander McKenzie, seizing gold mines from prospectors, which Beach witnessed while he was prospecting in Nome, Alaska during the Nome Gold Rush.