And Is Granted A Year Of Grace

The Silver Horde

by Rex BEACH (1877 - 1949)

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)

Listen next episodes of The Silver Horde:
A Hand In The Dark , A New Enemy Appears , And A Dream Comes True , In Which A Mutiny Is Threatened , In Which A Score Is Settled , In Which Big George Meets His Enemy , In Which Cherry Malotte Becomes Suspicious , In Which Miss Wayland Is Of Two Minds , In Which More Plans Are Laid , In Which They Recognize The Enemy , The Clash , The Doors Of The Vault Swing Shut , The Silver Horde , Wherein Boyd Emerson Is Twice Amazed , Wherein "Fingerless" Fraser Returns , Wherein "The Grande Dame" Arrives, Laden With Disappointments , Willis Marsh Comes Out From Cover , Willis Marsh Springs A Trap