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| Author | Rex Beach |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Published | 1906 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 313 pp |
The Spoilers (1906) is a novel by Rex Beach based in Alaska that was one of the best selling novels of 1906.[1][2][3]
The book was quickly adapted into a play, and was later adapted to film five times, in 1914, 1923, 1930, 1942, and 1955.[4] 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.[5][6][7][8]
- ^ Korda, Michael. Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900-1999, p. 11 (2001) (listing The Spoilers at number eight for the year)
- ^ The annual American catalog, 1906, p. xii (1907) (stating that The Bookman (New York) listed The Spoilers four times in its lists for 1906)
- ^ (July 7, 1906). The Six Most Popular Novels In May, Publishers Weekly, p. 18 (listing The Spoilers as number 3 for May 1906)
- ^ (December 24, 1955). 4-Time Loser; 'The Spoilers' Returns to Films Once More, The New York Times
- ^ (April 14, 1906). The Gold Fever: Rex E. Beach's Thrilling Story of Life in the Far North, "The Spoilers", The New York Times
- ^ Mininswindles.com,The spoilers, Retrieved May 10, 2010
- ^ Peattie, Elia W. (April 21, 1906). BEACH'S "THE SPOILERS" READS LIKE A CHAPTER OUT OF LAWLESS YOUTH: Rude Story of a Rude Land Served Up Without Timidity by One Who Has Seen and Who Has Done[dead link], The Chicago Tribune
- ^ Recent Fiction and Its Critics, Current Literature, Vol. XLI, No. 2, p. 226 (August 1906)