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THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND
Synopsis
A Fordian examination of American myth-making, The Prisoner of Shark Island is an emotional, expressionistic, feverishly atmospheric work. In it, Dr. Samuel Mudd, the man who unwittingly treated John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln’s assassination, is imprisoned on an island as an alleged conspirator.
Synopsis
A Fordian examination of American myth-making, The Prisoner of Shark Island is an emotional, expressionistic, feverishly atmospheric work. In it, Dr. Samuel Mudd, the man who unwittingly treated John Wilkes Booth after Lincoln’s assassination, is imprisoned on an island as an alleged conspirator.