Rex Beach
Rex Beach was the popular chronicler of Alaska and the Klondike whose adventure novels sold in the millions. His fiction helped define the literary mythology of the Far North alongside Jack London.
Works
- The SpoilersNovel of claim jumping and ruthless ambition during the Alaska gold rush
- The Iron TrailNovel of railroad construction and frontier entrepreneurship in the Alaskan wilderness
- The BarrierNovel of frontier isolation and moral conflict along the Canadian boundary
- The NetNovel of adventure and intrigue set amid the dangers of the Arctic
- Silver HordeNovel of salmon fishing rivalry and love among Alaska's territorial settlers