The Ship of Souls

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The Ship of Souls was a 1925 western novel by Emerson Hough, published after his death. It included 16 illustrations by WHD Koerner. [1] It was made into a 1925 silent 3-D film of the same name, The Ship of Souls . [2]

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Plot summary

After being deserted by his wife, rancher Langley Barnes seeks peace by retreating to the remote “North Country.” There he meets and falls in love with Christine Garth, the daughter of a factor driven mad by isolation. Despite not yet being legally divorced, Barnes and Christine enter into an unofficial marriage. Later, a man named Captain Churchill arrives to build a radio transmitter; he returns to the U.S., marries Barnes’s estranged wife (now divorced), and then sends word by radio back to the North Country, alerting Barnes that his previous marriage is dissolved. Freed legally, Barnes and Christine formally remarry, allowing them to be together without social or legal scandal. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Grover, Dorys Crow (2004). Some Western Paintings of WHD Koerner. Journal of American Culture , Volume 14, Issue 2, pages 13–18, Summer 1991.
  2. ↑ Munden, Kenneth White (Ed.) The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States, Part 1: Feature films, 1921 - 1930. University of California Press, ISBN   978-0-520-20969-5
  3. ↑ Hough, Emerson; Koerner, W. H. D.; D. Appleton and Company. (1925). The ship of souls. New York ; London: D. Appleton and Company.
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