The Spoilers (novel)
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The Spoilers (novel) is a 1906 Western adventure book by Rex Beach, centered on corruption and claim-jumping in the Alaskan gold rush and widely adapted into multiple films.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Spoilers | 0 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Western novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs |
The Spoilers (1914 film)
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The Spoilers (1923 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spoilers (1930 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spoilers (1942 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spoilers (1955 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Rex Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Rex Beach’s experiences in Alaska ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
Western fiction
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adventure fiction ⓘ |
| hasFilmAdaptations | multiple film adaptations ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | Western film genre ⓘ |
| hasMainTheme |
corruption
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frontier justice ⓘ greed ⓘ lawlessness ⓘ resource exploitation ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | print ⓘ |
| hasNotableElement |
conflict between miners and corrupt officials
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depiction of Alaskan gold rush society ⓘ portrayal of claim-jumping schemes ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
claim-jumping in the Alaskan gold rush
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corruption in the Alaskan gold rush ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | American Western literary tradition ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1906 ⓘ |
| publisher | American publisher (unspecified in prompt) ⓘ |
| setting |
Alaska
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Nome, Alaska NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | Alaskan gold rush era ⓘ |
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