The Silver Horde

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Silver Horde by Rex Beach. Read in English by Lynne Thompson; Mike Pelton; Richard Kilmer; Michele Fry; Phil Schempf; rookieblue 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) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B 01-14 (152mb) Download M4B 15-27 (149mb)

Directors & creators

Rex Beach

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;Alaska; gold mining; salmon; canneries; business; frontier

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