The Spoilers (Beach novel)
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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]
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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]