Silver Horde
by Rex Beach
Chapter 1 of 27 Wherein A Spiritless Man And A Rogue Appear
- Running time
- 11 h
- Language
- English
- Readers
- Lynne T, Michele Fry, Mike Pelton, Phil Schempf, Richard Kilmer (1942-2022), rookieblue
Chapters
About this recording
The Silver Horde , is set in Kalvik, a fictionalized community in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and tells the story of a down on his luck gold miner who discovers a greater wealth in Alaska's run of salmon (silver horde) and decides to open a cannery. To accomplish this he must overcome the relentless opposition of the "salmon trust," a fictionalized Alaska Packers' Association, which undercuts his financing, sabotages his equipment, incites a longshoremen's riot and bribes his fishermen to quit. The story line includes a love interest as the protagonist is forced to choose between his fiance, a spoiled banker's daughter, and an earnest roadhouse operator, a woman of "questionable virtue." (Summary by Wikipedia)