Rex Beach—American novelist
Birth
Rex Ellingwood Beach was born on 1 September 1877 in Atwood, Michigan, the son of Henry Walter Beach, fruit farmer, and Eva Eunice Canfield, a former school teacher.
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Rex Beach was born in Atwood, Michigan to a prominent family and pursued a career as a lawyer before being drawn to Alaska at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush.
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Education
Rex Beach was well on his way to becoming a lawyer. He was born in Atwood, Michigan in 1877, went to school, studied, and set his sights on the field of law. He attended Rollins College, Chicago College of Law, and Kent College of Law. Not a bad path for a lawyer-to-be.
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Rex Ellingwood Beach (1877-1949), American author of more than 30 novels, many adapted to the screen and of which he helped produce, wrote The Silver Horde (1909). The Beach family moved south to the state of Florida when Rex was seven. The tall and slim Beach attended Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida from 1891 to 1896 focusing on science, athletics, and editing the school's literary magazine.
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Work
Rex Ellingwood Beach (September 1, 1877 – December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. After five years of unsuccessful prospecting, he turned to writing. His first novel, The Spoilers was based on a true story of corrupt government officials stealing gold mines from prospectors, which he witnessed ...
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Rex Ellingwood Beach (18771949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. After success in literature, many of his works were adapted into successful films; "The Spoilers" became a stage play, then was remade into movies five times.
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Rex Ellingwood Beach was born on 1 September 1877 in Atwood, Michigan, the son of Henry Walter Beach, fruit farmer, and Eva Eunice Canfield, a former school teacher. ... He became acquainted with many of the steadfast and hearty men and women who were also chasing their dreams under such harsh circumstances.
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Rex Beach (born September 1, 1877; died December 7, 1949) was an American novelist and playwright. His adventure novels became immensely popular throughout the early 1900’s. Much of his work featured his real experience with gold mining, claim-jumpers, and corrupt officials. 1906’s The Spoilers became one of the best selling novels of the year. After success in literature, many of his works were adapted into successful films. Beach occasionally produced his films and also wrote a number of plays to varying success. In 1949, two years after the death of his wife Edith, Beach committed suicide.
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Rex Beach was the gentleman’s name, and he is probably best remembered as having produced The Spoilers, a book made into a movie in 1914, and remade 5 times after that, the last in the early 1940’s starring John Wayne and Marlene Dietrich.
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