Rex Beach 18771949 was an American novelist and playwright. He was born into a prominent family and pursued a career as a lawyer before being drawn toAlaska at ... » 

Rex Beach 18771949 was an American novelist and playwright. He was born into a prominent family and pursued a career as a lawyer before being drawn toAlaska at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush. After five years of unsuccessfulprospecting he turned to writing. His first novel The Spoilers was based on atrue story of corrupt government officials stealing gold mines fromprospectors which he witnessed while he was prospecting in Nome Alaska. TheSpoilers became one of the best selling novels of 1906. His adventure novelswere immensely popular throughout the early 1900s. «