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Heart of the Sunset

Heart of the Sunset

Paperback

WesternsClassic Fiction

ISBN10: 1537629867
ISBN13: 9781537629865
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Sep 13 2016
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.51 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 - December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.Rex Beach was born in Atwood, Michigan, but moved to Tampa, Florida, with his family where his father was growing fruit trees. Beach was educated at Rollins College, Florida (1891-6), the Chicago College of Law (1896-7), and Kent College of Law, Chicago (1899-1900). In 1900 he was drawn to Alaska at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush. After five years of unsuccessful prospecting, he turned to writing.His second novel The Spoilers (1906) was based on a true story of corrupt government officials stealing gold mines from prospectors, which he witnessed while he was prospecting in Nome, Alaska. The Spoilers became one of the best selling novels of 1906.

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