The SpoilersRex Beach
The Spoilers
by OpenStories
Original author: Rex Beach
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"The Spoilers" by Rex Beach is a novel published in 1906 set during the Alaska gold rush. Based on true events Beach witnessed in Nome, the story follows prospector Roy Glenister and his partner as they battle corrupt government officials who seize their valuable gold claim through fraudulent legal schemes. Caught between law and lawlessness, Glenister must fight to reclaim what's rightfully his while navigating romantic complications with two women and confronting a ruthless politician who controls the corrupt system.
The Spoilers, by Rex Beach. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #5076.
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22 Chapters
- 1.Chapter I: The Encounter2,878 words
- 2.Chapter II: The Stowaway2,243 words
- 3.Chapter III: In Which Glenister Errs3,040 words
- 4.Chapter IV: The Killing3,623 words
- 5.Chapter V: Wherein a Man Appears2,842 words
- 6.Chapter VI: And a Mine Is Jumped2,355 words
- 7.Chapter VII: The "bronco Kid's" Eavesdropping3,085 words
- 8.Chapter VIII: Dextry Makes a Call3,620 words
- 9.Chapter IX: Sluice Robbers3,357 words
- 10.Chapter X: The Wit of an Adventuress3,342 words
- 11.Chapter XI: Wherein a Writ and a Riot Fail3,127 words
- 12.Chapter XII: Counterplots4,521 words
- 13.Chapter XIII: In Which a Man Is Possessed of a Devil5,298 words
- 14.Chapter XIV: A Midnight Messenger3,762 words
- 15.Chapter XV: Vigilantes4,816 words
- 16.Chapter XVI: In Which the Truth Begins to Bare Itself4,537 words
- 17.Chapter XVII: The Drip of Water in the Dark4,983 words
- 18.Chapter XVIII: Wherein a Trap Is Baited3,425 words
- 19.Chapter XIX: Dynamite5,330 words
- 20.Chapter XX: In Which Three Go to the Sign of the Sled and but Two Return4,400 words
- 21.Chapter XXI: The Hammer-Lock4,222 words
- 22.Chapter XXII: The Promise of Dreams4,158 words