Synopsis
The Ballad of Soapy Smith
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Published by Samuel French Inc
9 Female
"Col." Jefferson Randolph Smith, known as "Soapy" to his friends and foes, is a notorious con man whose reputation has, alas, not preceded him to the Alaska Gold Rush town of Skagway in 1897
This charming gentleman starts a protection racket which brings law and order, a church and an infirmary to the town
Soapy, the criminal, becomes a force for moral good until the town's hypocrisy and vicious self-interest bring him down, a victim of the cardinal sin of believing in his own con
"A rousing epic" - A.P.