The Spoilers, Rex Beach
The Spoilers, Rex Beach
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The Spoilers

Author: Rex Beach

Narrator: Jim Patton

Unabridged: 10 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Published: 05/30/2023

Synopsis

Roy Glenister and Dextry are gold miners who strike it rich in Nome, Alaska until their claim is “jumped", seemingly by legal means and by powerful politicians, crooked lawyers, and a judge. The political establishment seems too powerful to fight. How can they get their claim (and money) back from a mafia-like organization in frontier Alaska?Roy is an honest man driven by frustration, despair, and disappointment, and loves to do things he never thought he would. How can he fight an organization that has the law in its pocket? There is “law” and then there is “frontier law.”The story is based on actual events in Nome during the heyday of the Alaska gold rush.

About Rex Beach

Michigan-born Rex Beach was on his way to becoming a lawyer before the Alaska Gold Rush caught his attention and he headed there to make his fortune. Unfortunately, five years later he was still looking for it and, realizing that he wasn’t going to find it in gold prospecting, he turned to writing.

About Jim Patton

Jim Patton is a professional voice actor and audiobook narrator recording from his home studio in Las Vegas. He has extensive experience in audio drama, loves voicing a variety of characters, and takes pride in the oral tradition of narrator as storyteller versus narrator as copy reader.

Reviews

Goodreads review by ValeReads on February 11, 2021

Kinda fun, but not really my cup of tea. I found my attention wandering during some of the action scenes (I are a girl), and relationship scenes were pretty hackneyed. I'd say it was sexist in a benign way. It was also racist in a cringey and dated but not particularly malicious way. The reader's aff......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on November 17, 2024

A rip-roaring mystery, action, adventure tale set in gold-rush Alaska, and published in 1906. I was caught up in this story and loved every minute of it. It has also been made into a number of films, in 1914, 1923, 1930, 1942, and 1955. (I just watched the 1914 black & white silent version and it wa......more

Goodreads review by Roosevelt on March 06, 2017

Extremely good read After watching the old John Wayne Movie I decided to read the novel. I was not disappointed. The descriptions of inner struggle for love and power were insightful and compelling. The flaws of human nature were revealed and the clash of the Titans was colorful and dramatic. It coul......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on March 29, 2023

Adventure and love story with the associated betrayal and greed hijinks. Good character development and somewhat inspirational in these crazy times we live in. Listened to this while hiking and it made the miles fly by.......more

Goodreads review by Cindy B. on December 08, 2017

Gov’t & banks steal mines from owners. Well narrated by Tom Weiss. Worth the read for the info on the “how”.........more

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